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10 years after the release of his epic film MAIDAN, Sergei Loznitsa resumes his Ukrainian chronicles by documenting the country’s struggle against the Russian invasion. Shot over a 2-year period, the film portrays the life of the civilian population all over Ukraine. THE INVASION presents a unique and ultimate statement of Ukrainian resilience in the face of barbaric invasion. In the second part of his Ukrainian diptych, Loznitsa paints a monumental canvas of a nation determined to defend its right to exist.

The Invasion - Sergei Loznitsa (2024) [English hardcoded subs] WEB 720p.mkv

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Language(s):Ukrainian
Subtitles:English (hardcoded)

The post Sergei Loznitsa – The Invasion (2024) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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Yuri Illyenko, the master Ukrainian cinematographer who shot Sergei Paradjanov’s Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors (1965) and directed the long-banned A Spring for the Thirsty (1965) and The Eve of Ivan Kupalo (1968), based this striking 1990 allegorical film on stories by Paradjanov that were inspired by his long sojourns in prison. The film was shot at the prison where Paradjanov was confined, using contemporary prisoners as extras, and it might be said that the documentary and poetic-symbolic aspects of this movie are equally germane to its overall impact. Three days before his sentence is to end, a prisoner (Victor Solovyov) escapes and hides out inside a giant hammer and sickle that borders the prison grounds, where he is discovered and nursed back to health by a beautiful woman (Liudmyla Yefymenko, Illyenko’s wife) who becomes his lover. One of the first independent Soviet productions, partially financed in Sweden and Canada, the film tells its story with a minimum of dialogue and very striking imagery. – Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

From Yuri Ilyenko’s letter to a friend, Marko Stech:
“As you undoubtedly know, the art of cinema has no appropriate rendering in the verbal realm of expression. Such in the case with any form of visual art. Hence, my subjugated mind seeks remedy in an image. An image is wiser than a word because it always represents a prophecy that has not as yet bound itself with words. I made this film because it was impossible for me not to have made it. it is about escape – about a prisoner. I myself have always felt a prisoner in a vast zone, together with my entire nation. Escape is the last, desperate hope. Such is also an escape into art.”

Swan.Lake.The.Zone.1989.dvdrip.x264.catrogers.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/B4F315C299A5653/Swan.Lake.The.Zone.1989.dvdrip.x264.catrogers.mkv

Language(s):Ukrainian, Russian
Subtitles:English

The post Yuri Ilyenko – Lebedyne ozero-zona aka Swan Lake – The Zone (1990) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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In Ukraine, the KGB archive of countless files containing reports on covert observations has been made accessible to the public. What happens once you find out that the state has been watching you for years? Based on encounters with people who are confronted with their own surveillance reports, the film sketches a time when the paranoia of the Soviet regime infiltrated into private lives.

	
The.Kyiv.Files.2023.1080p.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264-ZTR.mkv

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Runtime: 	1 h 18 min
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Language(s):Ukrainian, Russian, Dutch, French, English
Subtitles:English(Hardcoded)

The post Walter Stokman – The Kyiv Files (2023) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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The young peasant, Petro, falls deeply in love with the daughter of his employer. Though she reciprocates his affection, her father staunchly opposes the idea of her marrying a simple laborer. Overwhelmed by grief, Petro seeks solace at a local tavern, where he encounters Basavriuk, a figure believed by many to be the devil himself. Basavriuk presents Petro with a chilling proposition, one that could enable him to win the girl he yearns for.

The.Eve.of.Ivan.Kupalo.1968.1080p.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.x264-ZETA.mkv

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Language(s):Ukrainian
Subtitles:English

The post Yuri Ilyenko – Vechir na Ivana Kupala AKA The Eve of Ivan Kupalo (1968) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Destruction in Ukraine war shown through lengthy tableaux. Soldiers’ phone calls to families reveal parallel world. Sound and image confront one another.

Intercepted.2024.1080p.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264-ZTR.mkv

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Language(s):Ukrainian, Russian
Subtitles:English, Spanish, French, German, Italian

The post Oksana Karpovych – Intercepted aka Myrni Lyudy (2024) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

An absurd and strict dystopian society is suddenly disrupted when its leader is overthrown.

Nomery.AKA.Numbers.2020.720p.WEB.x264-gooz.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/405700046AB4D17/Nomery.AKA.Numbers.2020.720p.WEB.x264-gooz.mkv

Language(s):Ukrainian
Subtitles:Portuguese

The post Oleh Sentsov & Akhtem Seitablaev – Nomery AKA Numbers (2020)  first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Abel Ferrara explores human conflict and the search for peace and balance through the music and words of Patti Smith and the experiences of people at war in Ukraine.

Turn.in.the.Wound.2024.1080p.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.x264.mkv

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Runtime: 	1 h 21 min
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Language(s):Ukrainian, English
Subtitles:Hardcoded English

The post Abel Ferrara – Turn in the Wound (2024) first appeared on Cinema of the World.