Against the backdrop of Russia’s inhumane war against Ukraine, the organisers of the Russian Film Days have decided to change the previously successful project and refocus it on the Eastern European successor states of the Soviet Union.
In November, the Ukrainian anti-war film Klondike and the Yakut film Nuuccha about the colonisation of the Yakuts will be screened at the Schloßtheater as a prelude to the new event format “CINEMA OST – Osteuropa im Spiegel des Films”, accompanied by a panel discussion at the LWL Museum of Art and Culture.
Panel discussion:
The nation-building process and decolonisation as reflected in Ukrainian film
Wednesday 15 November 2023 | LWL Museum of Art and Culture | 7:30 pm
Russia’s neo-imperial war aims to destroy Ukraine, its state sovereignty and its culture. Against this background, strengthening Ukrainian national identity and breaking free from the dominance of Russian culture is vital for survival. The panel will discuss what Russian cultural imperialism means in the area of Ukrainian film culture, but also for the forcibly assimilated ethnic groups in the Russian Federation, and how the process of decolonisation is progressing.
With: Prof Ricarda Vulpius, University of Münster, Olga Bryukhovetska, Professor of Cultural Studies at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Lesia Kordonets, Ukrainian film director.
Moderation: Christiane Büchner, director, lecturer for film, media and design
Organisers: Filmwerkstatt Münster, filmclub münster, German-Russian Society Münster, LWL-Museum for Art and Culture
Admission is free!
KLONDIKE
Friday, 17 November 2023 | Schloßtheater | 8:00 pm
Director Maryna Er Gorbach takes a very personal view of the war in Ukraine from the tense field between distant reality and the intense density of an anti-war film. Pregnant Irka and her husband Tolik live in a village in Donetsk, in the midst of the war on the Ukrainian-Russian border. Although their lives are increasingly affected, Irka refuses to leave her home.
Supporting film with the presence of director Rodrigo Xavier:
NEW BEGINNING OF CHILDHOOD
Daniil and his family fled from Ukraine to Germany in 2022 in search of a new future. The short film gives an insight into the family’s daily life and Daniil’s friendship with Leon, a boy of Russian origin.
Length: 13.43 min
A film by: Rodrigo Xavier
Short documentary, Russian with German subtitles
NUUCCHA
Monday, 20 November 2023 | Schloßtheater| 8:00 pm
Yakutia in the late 19th century: Habji and his wife Keremes have just buried their second child and are preparing for a harsh winter. Instead of helping them, the local prince orders them to take in the Russian convict Kostya. At first they all try to find a common language, but Kostya soon decides that from now on he will be master of the house… NUUCCHA offers viewers a unique perspective on a dark chapter of Siberian history.
CINEMA OST is an event organised by the Deutsch Russische Gesellschaft Münster, the Filmwerkstatt Münster and the filmclub münster. In co-operation with the LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, sponsored by the Cultural Office and the Integration Council of the City of Münster, the Ministry of Culture and Science NRW, Sparkasse Münsterland Ost
