Merging reality and fiction, Stop-Zemlia is an honest account of adolescent turbulence in Ukraine 
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        The Earth is as Blue as an Orange: director Iryna Tsylik on the struggles of coming of age amid the war in Donbas
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        This Rain Will Never Stop is an unflinching look at the grinding, endless cycle of war and peace 
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        ‘We want to tell stories which reflect Ukrainian identity.’ A new film company launches in Kyiv
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Introducing the 10 most anticipated New East films you need to watch in 2020
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Catch cinematic masterpieces at London’s Ukrainian Film Days
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Director Sergei Loznitsa on digging through Soviet archives and the challenge of dissecting the past
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Oleg Sentsov has dropped the first teaser for the film he’s co-directing from prison
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Ukrainian media hit by national language law
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Russia’s ArtDocFest cancels Donbass film screening after nationalist protests
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Fears for future as Ukraine moves to privatise film studios and circuses
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Step into the world of Mavka, the Ukrainian animation inspired by a feminist hero
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        First ever Ukrainian National Film Awards to launch next month
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Bitter Harvest: movie about Ukrainian famine released worldwide this week
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Film is a theorem: watch the documentaries of Sergei Loznitsa on Mubi
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Putin spurns appeal to free imprisoned Ukrainian director
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Visit the Cambridge Festival of Ukrainian Film this weekend
                     
                 
            
         
     
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
    
        
            
                    
                    
                        Romanian director Adrian Sitaru triumphs at Odessa Film Festival