Monday 12 August 3.00–6.00pm
Director: Holly Morris, Anne Bogart
Year: 2015 Duration: 70 min
In the radioactive Dead Zone surrounding Chernobyl’s Reactor No. 4, a defiant community of women scratches out an existence on some of the most toxic land on Earth.
Followed by a Q&A with Professor Richard J Taylor FREng, BNFL Chair in Nuclear Energy Systems, Dalton Nuclear Institute, University of Manchester.
The event is free to attend, all welcome.
A summer outreach project with
documentation on a website and talks online.
SODA School of Digital Arts Cinema
14 Higher Chatham Street,
Manchester,
M15 6ED
All screenings are free and open to all.
Ukrainian Shorts
Tuesday 9 July 2024, 4.00–6.00pm
Contemporary shorts exploring war, Ukraine, space and place. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Valeriia Lukianets, director of Heading Home. The event is free to attend, all welcome.
The Land of Aliens
Dir. Olya Chernykh, 19 mins
KachalkaDir. Gar O’Rourke, 10 mins
Dear VladimirDir. Jeremiah Quinn, 7 mins
Heading HomeDir. Valeriia Lukianets, 24 mins
Tuesday 30 July 3.00–6.00pm
Director: James Jones
Year: 2022 Duration: 92 min
The story of Chernobyl told through a newly discovered hoard of dramatic footage filmed at the nuclear plant during the disaster and newly-recorded, deeply personal interviews of those who were there, directed by Emmy Award-winner and Russian-speaker James Jones.
Followed by an online Q&A with director James Jones.
The event is free to attend, all welcome.
This film contains graphic content
Wednesday 31 July 3.00–6.00pm
Director: Anatoliy Lavrenishyn
Year: 2020 Duration 71 min
The distant future. The artificial star, which is supposed to provide energy to the planets around it, is not working. The only one who can fix it, is Vika's grandfather, who created this star. However, he mysteriously disappeared. The girl, together with her assistant - a tiny robot Viktor - decides to find him. And such begins the exciting adventures for these two unlikely friends.
Followed by a Q&A with Oleksandra Derevianko, author and director of The Insomnia of Humpty Dumpty and Joe Evans, Lecturer, Animation at SODA.
The event is free to attend, all welcome.
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Shorts on Architecture
Tuesday 6 August 3.00–6.00pm
Five architecture and urbanism films directed by Roman Blazhan, 2018–2020. Total running time 42 minutes. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Eddy Rhead from The Modernist and Maria Gabriella Ruban, Lecturer, Filmmaking at SODA. The event is free to attend, all welcome.
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors / Tini zabutykh predkiv / Wild Horses of Fire
Wednesday 7 August August 3.00–6.00pm
Director: Sergei Parajanov
Year: 1964 Duration: 98 min
Includes a screening of On Volya: Filling in the Frescoes and an introduction by Ayla Dmyterko.
Two Hutsul families have been feuding for many years. Against this backdrop of animosity and a lust for revenge, a pure and bright love is born between Ivan and Marichka, members of the feuding families.
Followed by a Q&A with Larysa Bolton from kazky.
The event is free to attend, all welcome.