#Solidarity with Ukraine

With the unleashing of a conventional land war, it became frighteningly clear how thin the blanket of civilization is. The films in this channel deal with both recent Ukrainian history and the barbarity and cruelty that humans are capable of, especially in times of war, and should be understood as a warning.
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  • Signs of War

    Signs of War

    2022

    1h.20min

    16+

    To document the imment conflict in eastern Ukraine, photographer Pierre Crom traveled to the Donbass in 2014.


  • Fortuna Valentyn

    Fortuna Valentyn

    2022

    1h.5min

    16+

    After the 2014 revolution in Ukraine, Valentyn decided to become politically active and run for city council in his home town.


  • I Won't Go Anywhere

    I Won't Go Anywhere

    2021

    52min

    16+

    This film sensitively shows how two war orphans, in the face of an inhumane policy of conquest and the loss of their home, support each other.


  • 1986

    1986

    2019

    1h.17min

    16+

    A young woman ventures into the deadly beauty of the Chernobyl exclusion zone to save her father from prison.


  • You will never understand

    You will never understand

    2003

    52min

    16+

    Anja Salomonowitz portrays three women from her family who as children lived through WWII but whose memories of that time diverge.


  • Learning to Milk a Cow

    Learning to Milk a Cow

    2016

    1h.4min

    16+

    At the age of 19, Raja was deported to Nazi Germany and was forced to do labor on a Bavarian farm. This documentary is her story.


  • Mass Ornaments

    Mass Ornaments

    2013

    1h.19min

    16+

    This work investigates a controversial mass performance from the late Yugoslav era – the Youth Day celebration (“slet”) in 1987.


  • Swimmers

    Swimmers

    2015

    1h.17min

    16+

    The doc about the cult surrounding a Soviet physicist Boris Zolotov was awarded the ARTE documentary award.


  • East/West – Sex and Politics

    East/West – Sex and Politics

    2008

    1h.35min

    16+

    A snapshot of the multifaceted life in the megapolis Moscow, with the focus on lesbians and gays who take to the streets for their rights.


  • When It Blinds, Open Your Eyes

    When It Blinds, Open Your Eyes

    2014

    1h.15min

    16+

    Ivette Löcker accompanies two addicted St. Petersburgers in her documentary chamber play.


  • The Peacekeepers and the Women

    The Peacekeepers and the Women

    2003

    1h.20min

    16+

    Militarization and prostitution: When peacekeeping troops moved into Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina, trafficking in women quickly followed suit.


  • Frozen Conflict

    Frozen Conflict

    2018

    1h.0min

    16+

    One of Europe's strangest borders lies between the Republic of Moldova and the de facto autonomous region of Transnistria.


  • Evolution of Violence

    Evolution of Violence

    2011

    1h.16min

    16+

    Guatemala. The war ended long ago. Though people want to forget it, the violence continues, and it has spread throughout the society like cancer.