The 11th Ukraina! Festiwal Filmowy will begin in Warsaw on 2 November, presenting the latest Ukrainian feature films, documentaries, animation and short films, including works that have received awards at international festivals. The State Film Agency of Ukraine reported this.
The Warsaw programme will run for a week at the Atlantic and Amondo cinemas and the Andrzej Wajda Centre for Film Culture. Ukraina! 11. Festiwal Filmowy will visit 12 Polish cities in total, including Wrocław, Kraków, Poznań, Lublin, Przemyśl, Bielsko-Biała, Słupsk, Zielona Góra, Łódź, Gdańsk and Gliwice.
Around 150 films were submitted for this year’s competition. The programme will feature three competitive sections: feature films, documentaries and short films.
A total of 23 fiction, documentary and animated films have been selected for the short film competition.
Among the first films announced are:
For Victory! by Valentyn Vasyanovych — a dystopian story about post-war Ukraine and the search for one’s place in a new reality. The film received the Platform Award at the Toronto International Film Festival and won three awards at the 17th Odesa International Film Festival.
Divia by Dmytro Hreshko — an observational film about the catastrophic impact of the Russian invasion on Ukraine’s environment and the ways in which nature resists this aggression.
Tired by Yurii Dunai — the story of veterans Liuba and Andrii, who are learning to live with the physical and psychological consequences of war. The film won the Grand Prix at the Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist in 2025.
Nice Ladies by Mariia Ponomarova — the story of Ukraine’s oldest cheerleading team, based in Kharkiv, whose members are over 50.
According to the State Film Agency, Ukraina! Festiwal Filmowy presents contemporary Ukraine through a variety of stories and perspectives, exploring personal and social experiences, migration and separation, the search for identity, reflections on the future, and the impact of war on the environment.
