Ukraine

Ukraine doc “Timestamp” is riveting study of schools in wartime

Cheers of “Slava Ukraini” (Glory to Ukraine) rang out in the Berlinale Palast on Thursday at the world premiere of the brilliant but heart-rending documentary “Strichka chasu” (Timestamp), about the superhuman efforts Ukraine has made to keep schools open during 10 years of war with Russia. Directed by Ukrainian documentary maker Kateryna Gornostai, the two-hour-long…Read more Ukraine doc “Timestamp” is riveting study of schools in wartime

Nuclear “nomads”, mental health, Ukraine in Berlinale spotlight

The boundaries of what documentary filmmakers can do seem to expand all the time and this year the 45 or so documentaries shown at the Berlinale gave a taste of where the format is going. As might be expected of this most political of major European film festivals, documentaries about the war in Ukraine loomed…Read more Nuclear “nomads”, mental health, Ukraine in Berlinale spotlight

Ukraine wins — at the Berlinale film festival in Berlin

The world constantly sees videos of the carnage and suffering Russia is inflicting on neighbouring Ukraine, so what more could the Berlinale film festival have to offer to the understanding of the biggest war in Europe since World War Two? The answer, on the evidence of films and events at the 73rd edition of the…Read more Ukraine wins — at the Berlinale film festival in Berlin