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The Bioscope is proud to partner with The Reckoning Project, The Public Interest Journalism Lab, and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Foundation to present a special selection of short films and discussion with Ukrainian Journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk.
Admission to the screening is free. Book your seat now by buying a R20 cafe voucher. You can redeem this R20 against what you purchase at The Bioscope Cafe during your visit.
The Reckoning Project: Ukraine Testifies is an initiative of Ukrainian and international journalists, analysts, and lawyers dedicated to documenting war crimes. It was co-founded by the Public Interest Journalism Lab in March 2022. Ukraine-based journalists and researchers collect testimonies of witnesses of the alleged war crimes and neutrally record them in accordance with a methodology that makes them applicable for use in litigation. The analysts verify them, while Ukrainian writers and documentary filmmakers create multimedia content based on the testimonies.
Russia’s tactics partially involve overshadowing previous crimes with even greater tragedies, as if erasing the memory of past atrocities. The project’s team documents the story of a single tragedy—whether it’s a person, family, street, or city—so it cannot be denied and instead becomes a document that keeps the memory alive.
SHORT FILM PROGRAM
“Return Me to My Dad”. Three Ukrainian Children Sent To Russia Against Their Will - 10mins
“The Mall Hit By a Rocket”. Story of the Kremenchuk Amstor shopping mall bombardment by the witnesses and survivors. - 8mins
“The Hospital That Was Taken Hostage”. The life and resistance of the hospital in the city of Snihurivka, Mykolaiv region,during the city’s occupation in 2022. - 7mins
“The Most Frightening Days of My Life. Yahidne”. Yahidne, a small village in the Chernihiv region, was occupied by the Russian army from 3 March to 30 March 2022. The Russians locked up 367 local residents in a village school basement and held themthere for an entire month. - 18mins
“Big Water”. The film follows the story of the brave efforts to investigate a completely new type of war crime - ecocide. - 38mins.