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Explosions Near the Museum

Vybukhy bilia muzeiu

VIFF Short Forum

International Premiere

The camera moves through the Kherson Museum of Local Lore, which held Southern Ukraine’s largest and oldest collection of antiquities until it was looted by Russian occupational forces in 2022.

 

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Community Partner

Directors
Featuring

Clemens Poole

Credits
Country of Origin

Ukraine

Language

English

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18+
14 min
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Credits & Director

Producer

Andrii Lytvynenko

Screenwriter

Yarema Malashchuk, Roman Khimei

Cinematography

Yarema Malashchuk, Roman Khimei

Editor

Yarema Malashchuk, Roman Khimei

Roman Khimei & Yarema Malashchuk joint headshot; Explosions Near the Museum co-directors

Roman Khimei & Yarema Malashchuk

Collaborating at the edge of visual art and cinema since 2013, Kyiv-based artists and filmmakers, Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk graduated as cinematographers from the Institute of Screen Arts in Kyiv, Ukraine. Focusing on the role of the extra, their works engage with imperialist mythologies. They were awarded the main award of the Pinchuk Art Centre Prize (2020) and VISIO Young Talent Acquisition Prize (2021).

 

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