15.09.2022, THURSDAY 

18:00 The opening of the film festival and the screening of the documentary film «Free Man. Pilgrimage»  (Ukraine, 2022) directed by Sergii Dmytrenko, which tells the story of a paratrooper of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a veteran of the ATO, a blogger, a traveler and the author of the bestseller book “Footprints on the Road” by Valery Markus (“BAVKA” Puppet Theater)

 20:00 Competition program: documentary film “BERG” (Netherlands, Slovenia, 2021) directed by Joke Oltaar (“BAVKA” Puppet Theater)

16.09.2022, FRIDAY

18:00 Lecture.  “How to get into the film industry, or the way to the big screen” Roland Mishko, Ukrainian theater and film actor. Feature films: My Thoughts Are Silent, Why am I alive. Series: Sex, Insta and EIT, Children’s guardian (Olivye House)

 18:00 Competition program: documentary film “The Light and Shadows of Ivan Chendey” (Ukraine, 2022) directed by Vyacheslav Bihun.  (Puppet Theater “BAVKA”)

 20:00 Out-of-competition program: feature film “Why am I alive” (Ukraine, 2021) directed by Willen Novak.  Discussion of the film with the film’s director and actor Roland Mischk.  (Puppet Theater “BAVKA”)

17.09.2022, SATURDAY 

12:00 Lecture “Creating a documentary film during the war” Andriy Lytvynenko, director and independent documentary film producer.  (Olive House)

 14:00 Lecture “Management of solid household waste and current threats to nature.”  Kateryna Stankevich-Koval, executive director of the NGO “Ecosphere. (Olivye House)

 14:00 Competition program: short films.  Discussion of films with directors.  (Puppet Theater “BAVKA”)

 4:00 Uzhhorod in the movies: a tour of famous film locations with Maria Zabolotna.  Meeting place “BAVKA” Puppet Theater.

 17:00 Competition program: documentary film “Red Route Home” (Slovakia, 2021) directed by Adam Lisy (BAVKA Puppet Theater)

 18:00 Competition program: documentary film “The Hermit of Treig” (Great Britain, 2021) directed by Lizzie MackEnzie  (Puppet Theater “BAVKA”)

 18:00 Lecture “Poetics of cinema in social anthropology” Lucas Pitscheider, film director from South Tyrol, Italy.  His debut feature «The Last Austrians» was released in 13 countries and won numerous awards, including the “Silver Gentian 2021” and the German Documentary Film Music Award 2020. (Olivye House)

 19:00 Charity evening “Charity dj marathon” (Doors)

 20:00 Competition program: “The Last Austrians” (Austria, 2020) directed by Lucas Pitscheider.  Discussion of the film with the director.  (Puppet Theater “BAVKA”)

18.09.2022, SUNDAY

12:00 Lecture.  “How to watch a movie during the war”.  Alex Malyshenko, moderator, film journalist and curator.  He writes for LB.ua, Moviegram and other publications.  During the full-scale invasion, he co-organized film festivals in Chernivtsi and Mykolaiv.  (Olive House)

 14:00 Lecture: “Uzhhorod, mountains and cinema” Maria Zabolotna, tour guide, runs her mini-blog, where she talks about tourism, institutions, and events of Uzhgorod.  (Olive House)

 15:00 Competition program: documentary film “PLAI” (Ukraine, 2021) directed by Eva Dzyshyashvili.  (Puppet Theater “BAVKA”)

 16:00 Uzhhorod in the movies: a tour of famous film locations with Maria Zabolotna.  Meeting place “BAVKA” Puppet Theater.

 17:00 Closing of the film festival, announcement of the winners of the film contest and the photo contest.  Screening of the closing documentary film “Mountains and heaven in between” (Ukraine, 2021) directed by Dmytro Hreshko and discussion of the film with the director (BAVKA Puppet Theater)