In solidarity with Ukraine, Tënk announces a special serie of five films that were selected in order to help viewers learn about the country, its history, and its cinematic riches.
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This strikingly graphic and honest documentary is about the human toll of the ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine that started in 2014 with the annexation of Crimea and was immediately followed by the Russian occupation of parts of southeastern Ukraine. Director Anastasiia Starozhitska and her boyfriend, Ukrainian soldier Valery Lavrenov, each film what's happening to them and share thei...
Don't Worry, The Doors Will Open
Subscription accessShot over summer and winter seasons on elektrychkas, typical Soviet commuter trains that travel between the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and small provincial towns, _Don’t Worry, The Doors Will Open_ invites us to share a ride with working class, mostly marginalized passengers and vendors. Following a number of people from one grimy wagon to another, from station to station, from day to night, we are...
World War II caused the filmmaker's family to move to Mariupol. The war with Russia and environmental consequences of the plant's operation play a key role in its future.
The Donbas region, a large coal basin in the east of Ukraine, has been the scene of conflict and upheaval for over a century. Considered an object of Soviet propaganda, _Enthusiasm: The Symphony Of Donbas_ (1931) directed by Dziga Vertov depicts a thrilling life guided by the strong economic growth of the region, where enthusiasm and work meet, while in reality, the daily life of the miners, re...
Life flows in its everyday reality, but then suddenly something elusive changes its course. All that is left is the chance to plunge into memories where everything is preserved, as if in a museum. The story of a deserted Ukrainian beach that is currently mined and dangerous due to underwater explosives.
This strikingly graphic and honest documentary is about the human toll of the ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine that started in 2014 with the annexation of Crimea and was immediately followed by the Russian occupation of parts of southeastern Ukraine. Director Anastasiia Starozhitska and her boyfriend, Ukrainian soldier Valery Lavrenov, each film what's happening to them and share thei...
Don't Worry, The Doors Will Open
Subscription accessShot over summer and winter seasons on elektrychkas, typical Soviet commuter trains that travel between the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and small provincial towns, _Don’t Worry, The Doors Will Open_ invites us to share a ride with working class, mostly marginalized passengers and vendors. Following a number of people from one grimy wagon to another, from station to station, from day to night, we are...
World War II caused the filmmaker's family to move to Mariupol. The war with Russia and environmental consequences of the plant's operation play a key role in its future.
The Donbas region, a large coal basin in the east of Ukraine, has been the scene of conflict and upheaval for over a century. Considered an object of Soviet propaganda, _Enthusiasm: The Symphony Of Donbas_ (1931) directed by Dziga Vertov depicts a thrilling life guided by the strong economic growth of the region, where enthusiasm and work meet, while in reality, the daily life of the miners, re...
Life flows in its everyday reality, but then suddenly something elusive changes its course. All that is left is the chance to plunge into memories where everything is preserved, as if in a museum. The story of a deserted Ukrainian beach that is currently mined and dangerous due to underwater explosives.