Since 2008, Cambridge Ukrainian Studies has organised and hosted an annual film festival featuring the best of Ukrainian cinema from its beginnings to the present day.

The Fourth Annual Cambridge Festival of Ukrainian Film

In 2011 the Annual Cambridge Festival of Ukrainian Film was headlined by short films by Volodymyr Tykhyi, Maryna Vroda, and other young, critically-acclaimed directors charging new artistic, social, and political horizons. These films, screened on Friday, 11 November at 6:30pm, were followed by a special Q&A with directors Tykhyi and Vroda, whose 'Cross' won the 2011 Palme d'Or at Cannes. On Saturday, 12 November at 2:00pm, we were proud to present the British premiere of 'Three Stories of Galicia', a new documentary about fellowship and family in a region gripped by Hitler and Stalin. The film was also followed by a special Q&A with directors Olha Onyshko and Sarah Farhat.

The Third Annual Cambridge Festival of Ukrainian Film

In 2010 the Annual Cambridge Festival of Ukrainian Film was headlined by Oleksandr Dovzhenko's silent Soviet spy thriller The Diplomatic Pouch (Sumka dypkur'iera, 1927) and his comedy Love's Berry (Iahodka kokhannia, 1926). These films, screened on Friday, 5 November at the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse, were accompanied by a special live piano performance from Geoff Page. On Saturday, 6 November at the Winstanley Theatre, Trinity College, Cambridge Ukrainian Studies proudly presented the UK premiere of a series of brilliant new short films from Ukraine, Jerks -- Arabesques (Mudaky - Arabesky, 2010), in coordination with the Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia University.

The Second Annual Cambridge Festival of Ukrainian Film

Featuring two British premieres as well as a selection of short films, the Second Annual Cambridge Festival of Ukrainian Film was headlined by Serhii Bukovs'kyi's The Living (2008), recipient of the 2009 Grand Prize of Geneva and the 2009 Award for Best Documentary from the Yerevan International Film Festival. Its second night featured the screening of Light from the East (2006/2008) -- praised by Variety as 'an illuminating time capsule' and by New York magazine as 'a gripping documentary' -- followed by a special discussion with director Amy Grappell.

The First Annual Cambridge Festival of Ukrainian Film

Titled 'At the Crossroads' (Na perekhresti), the First Annual Cambridge Festival of Ukrainian Film introduced audiences to new currents in Ukrainian cinema and explored themes of border-crossing in Ukrainian society. The films screened on its first night -- headlined by Oles' Sanin's Mamai (2003) -- considered the historical crossing of cultural, ethnic, and religious borders within Ukraine, particularly on the Crimean peninsula and the Ukrainian steppe. The films screened on its second night -- headlined by Volodymyr Tykhyi's Car Washers (2000) -- considered the contemporary crossing of economic, geographic, and generational borders in post-Soviet Ukraine and beyond.