Open Call: Ukrainian-German Translation Workshop 2024-2025 The Ukrainian Institute in Germany is launching an open call for the Ukrainian-German translation workshop. The online course will take place from December 1, 2024 to March 1, 2025 and is aimed at translators specializing in Ukrainian literature. Participants should have German language skills at the native speaker level.…
“Discover Ukraine. Bits destroyed” at the 20th Festival of Lights in Berlin The Ukrainian Institute is taking part in the Festival of Lights for the first time! During the audiovisual show, 56 monumental mosaics from the 1960s and 1970s will be animated. Of these, however, more than a quarter were damaged or destroyed by the…
Film screening of the documentary “Ukrainian Independence. As It Is.” in Berlin On the occasion of the 33rd anniversary of the restoration of Ukrainian statehood, we invite you to an open-air screening of the documentary film “Ukrainian Independence. As It Is.” (2023). The event will take place on August 22, 2024, at the Sommerpavillon der…
Ukrainian delegation at the Reeperbahn Festival 2024 A Ukrainian band “Say Something Bad” and three representatives of the music industry will represent Ukraine at this year’s Reeperbahn Festival 2024. When? September 18-21, 2024 Where? Hamburg Tickets www.reeperbahnfestival.com/de/buy-tickets One of the most famous music festivals in Germany, the Reeperbahn, will take place from September 18 to…
Focus on Ukraine at the 41st Munich Film Festival: Ukrainian filmmakers presented current film projects The 41st Munich Film Festival took place from June 28 to July 7, 2024. Under the motto “Defending Democratic Values”, the film festival was dedicated to contemporary Ukrainian filmmaking as part of the “Focus Ukraine” program. Five film projects in…
Cultural program of the Ukrainian Institute at the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2024 The international event Ukraine Recovery Conference 2024 (URC2024) took place on June 11 and 12 in Berlin. The Ukrainian Institute was involved in the coordination and curatorial support of the cultural and artistic component of the conference. Photos: Phototek & Roman Hryhoriw, press…
“Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors” – One Hundred Years by Sergii Parajanov On the occasion of Sergii Parajanov’s 100th birthday, we invite you to a screening of his masterpiece “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors”, followed by an introduction and film discussion of the film. The event will take place on June 11 at the Humboldt University of…
National Identities between Empires: Perspectives from Ukraine and Luxembourg On the occasion of both Liberation Day (8 May) and Europe Day (9 May), Sofiia Andrukhovych, multiply translated Ukrainian writer, and the renowned author and cultural journalist Jeff Schinker from Luxembourg will talk about the emergence, existence and survival of national identities between the European empires.…
Ukraine at the Leipzig Book Fair: Stories of Resistance, Loss and Identity The Goethe-Institut Ukraine, together with the Ukrainian Institute, the Mystetskyi Arsenal, and the Ukrainian Book Institute, presented several events with Ukrainian authors and poets at the Leipzig Book Fair from March 21 to 24. The discussions, lectures, and presentations focused on the themes…
The best Ukrainian short films were shown in four German cities The best Ukrainian short films of the last two years were shown in Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne and Jena. They were presented as part of the short film program “Ukrainian New Wave. Before Sunrise”. The program was supervised by the National Archive of Ukraine Dovzhenko…