True to tradition, the series will introduce new films from Ukraine to the Greater Toronto audience. The program features three Canadian premiers of recent works by the internationally renowned director Kira Muratova along with Nadia Koshman and Hanna Yarovenko.
Muratova’s “Dummy” is an intricately woven detective story with a surprise ending, Koshman’s “Fireflies” tells the story of emotional attachment between two children and Hanna Yarovenko’s “Fiesta” is a documentary about Ukrainian folk music and its growing attraction for modern urban youth.
Dummy, 2007
Director: Kira Muratova
Length: 32 min
This is Muratova’s take on the essence of happiness and its different understandings by different people. Is it morally justified to make a person happy for at least a couple of hours by lying to them and breaking all the basic moral norms?
Fireflies, 2005
Director: Nadia Koshman
Length: 36 min.
Raised in the city, young Sirozhka is taken for the summer to his grandmother’s place in the countryside. There, he discovers the Ukrainian village with its distinct rhythm of life, customs, and its quiet irresistible beauty. Most importantly he befriends a local girl, Katia.
Fiesta, 2007,
Director: Hanna Yarovenko
Length: 30 min
The protagonist is Mykhailo Koval, a retired village teacher, polyglot, bandura-player, and a great enthusiast of folk culture in its endless manifestations – music, crafts, embroidery, myth, theatre. His retirement marked a new chapter in his life – an indefatigable popularization of folk culture in his native village and around the country.
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