In Kyiv, from April 19 to 26, the first Ukrainian LGBTQIA+ festival called Sunny Bunny will take place. The festival programme includes screenings of queer films known internationally, including those featured at prominent film festivals such as the Berlinale and the Venice Film Festival. The events will take place at the Zhovten Cinema in Kyiv.
Ukrainian Short Films:
- "Povernennia" (Return) by Vadym Mochalov, Ukraine, 2023, 32'
- "Liniyi" (Lines) by Hanna Trofimova, Ukraine, 2023, 40'
- "Krym" (Crimea) by Kateryna Khramtsova, Ukraine, 2023, 10'
- "Z Liuboviu, Koptiev" (With Love, Koptiev) by Yelyzaveta Sherstnova, Ukraine, 2024, 8'
- "Apokalipsis uchora" (Apocalypse Yesterday) by Bohdan Kolesnyk, Ukraine, 2023, 18'
- "My Nikoly Ne Zustrichalys" (We Never Met) by Zoia Laktionova, Ukraine, 2023, 5'
Zoya Laktionova, a director from Mariupol, will present her first queer film "We Never Met."
International Feature Films:
- All the Silence by Diego del Rio, Mexico, 2023, 95'
- The Summer with Carmen by Zacharias Mavroeidis, Greece, 2023, 106'
- Crossing by Levan Akin, Sweden, Denmark, France, Turkey, Georgia, 2024, 105'
- We Are On Air by Diogo Costa Amarante, Portugal, 2024, 91'
- All Shall Be Well by Ray Yeung, Hong Kong, China, 2024, 93'
- Throuple by Greyson Horst, USA, 2024, 89'
- Light Light Light by Inari Niemi, Finland, 2023, 91'
- Egghead and Twinkie by Sarah Kambe Holland, USA, 2023, 87'
- Amal by Jawad Rhalib, Belgium, 2023, 107'
Short Films:
- You Are So Wonderful (Du bist so wunderbar) by Leandro Godinho, Paulo Menezes, Brazil, Germany, 2023, 17'
- Nothing Special by Mikko Makela, United Kingdom, 2024, 14'
- Ticker by Thom Petty, United Kingdom, 2023, 9'
- Dildotectonics by Tomas Paula Marques, Portugal, 2023, 15'
- Apocalypse Yesterday by Bohdan Kolesnyk, Ukraine, 2023, 18'
- I Don’t Want to Be Just a Memory by Sarnt Utamachote, Germany, 2024, 20'
- Bolero by Nans Laborde-Jourdaa, France, 2023, 17'
- Bold Eagle by Whammy Alcazaren, Philippines, 2024, 10'
- Catorce by Daniel Sanchez-Lopez, Spain, 2023, 12'
- Metamorfosi by Pietro Porporati, Italy, 2023, 11'
About the Festival: The festival originated as Sunny Bunny at Molodist, which has been a part of the festival since 2001. Molodist was the second major international film festival in the world after the Berlinale and Teddy, which introduced a special award for films on the topic of LGBTQIA+. It launched a special program for this purpose, which later evolved into Sunny Bunny as a competition for feature films and non-competition screenings of documentaries, short films, and queer classics.
