April 6th @ 19:00 - Bio Paradis - Reykjavik, Iceland
Ivan's Land Info
SHORT SYNOPSIS:
Ivan Prykhodko is one of the last folk artists of Ukraine. He is self-taught, lives in the village and everything that comes from under his brushes is naive and honest art. Ivan's world perception, his inner world is full of beauty and joy. One day Ivan's paintings are searched for in an exhibition at the Art Arsenal, the country's main exhibition center. Does he exchange a small village hut for glamorous city life, and a society of art critics and agents?
SYNOPSIS
Ivan lives a simple life in an Ukrainian village. His main occupation seems feeding his animals and working his fields … until we realize that he is one of the great artists of a dying art form. One day, an art collector shows up on Ivan’s doorstep who has heard stories about an unique painter in a remote village. Soon after, more art enthusiasts and journalists track Ivan down until they all stand in Ivan’s garden, surprised and amazed by his work. When Ivan is invited to get his works showcased in Kyiv for the first time in his life, the journey he embarks on is bigger than a man traveling from a village into the big city. Arriving at the art gallery, he faces the enthusiasm but also the urge to intellectualize his art by the contemporary art world. The expedition becomes a big success and one of Ivan’s paintings is commissioned by a large Ukrainian bank for their nationwide marketing campaign. Although urban life in the capital offers many amenities, he also feels that he is a stranger in this world. Missing home, Ivan gets back on his bike, happily smiling as he is getting back to a life that doesn’t provide the comfort of the modern world, but holds the key to his happiness, which is the source and inspiration to his art.
DIRECTOR`S STATEMENT
Being truly happy - what does that mean? Affluence? Power? Acknowledgement? Ivan, the protagonist of our documentary, lives at the edge of a small village in a house built over 100 years ago and standing on bare ground covered with straw. Surrounded by nature, his closest friends are his dogs, cats, and goats, but one can’t find a happier man. I first met Ivan about two years ago as I heard of him being the last master of the once well known tradition of Polissya Folk Painting.
International title: Ivan’s Land
Original title: Земля Івана
Running time: 85 min.
Screening format: DCP, HD
Color format: Color
Original Languages: Ukrainian
Subtitle Language: English
Sound format: 5.1, stereo
Script, director, camera: Andrii Lysetskyi
Sound: Boris Peter
Music: Nikita Moiseev
Producers: Gennady Kofman, Olha Beskhmelnytsina
Production: MaGiKa Film
Financial: with support by Ukrainian State Film Agency
Camera: Canon
Model: Mark II
Lenses: Zisse и Canon L
Ivan's Land @ Bio Paradis
100 % of Ticket sales go to DOCU/HELP https://docudays.ua/eng/help/
The team of the Docudays NGO and the Docudays UA festival is raising money for various aspects of support. We have created the DOCU/HELP support fund for Ukrainian filmmakers and the festival team to tell the world about Russia’s crimes in Ukraine, support those who are documenting these crimes, and continue to introduce the world to contemporary Ukrainian culture.
Read more about DOCU/HELP at this link.
Photo Gallery
Ivan Prykhodko
Ivan Prykhodko in studio
Ivan Prykhodko in studio
Script, director, camera: Andrii Lysetskyi
Appeal to Audiences of Docudays & Magika film
From the Human rights department of Docudays UA
Rights Now! Events from Docudays UA
1. Guardians of peace and humanity: Are international institutions still effective?
Since the beginning of the Russian military aggression against Ukraine in 2014, the UN has been one of the key platforms to discuss human rights violations in the temporarily occupied territories of Eastern Ukraine and Crimea. Because the United Nations were established to maintain peace and security in the world.
On 24 February 2022, the Russian Federation launched a full-scale invasion and started a war in Ukraine. We have all witnessed shelling and bombing of civilians, of a maternity hospital, children’s hospitals and other civilian infrastructure, robberies, physical violence and many other absolutely ruthless and inhuman acts which constitute military crimes and violate the laws and rules of warfare.
Ukrainian non-governmental and governmental organizations have started documenting Russian crimes and continue to collect evidence. The first investigations into Russia’s military crimes have already started thanks to a number of international organizations. When and under what circumstances will Ukraine get a chance to punish the perpetrators? And is it possible to really hold the Russian military and political leadership accountable? The question of the effective functioning of international institutions, especially in the circumstances of Russia’s war against Ukraine, is getting ever more urgent. Because more and more evil is going unpunished.
Are international institutions still active when a permanent member state of the UN Security Council which has the right to veto decisions commits actions which contradict the Charter and the key principles of the UN? How many more people have to die and how many countries have to be affected to convince the leaders to change the existing state of affairs?
We plan to invite Mykola Hnatovsky, a member of the Expert Advisory Board of the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine (since December 2021), the International Expert Council on Crimes Committed during an Armed Conflict, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine (since August 2021), and the Interdepartmental Commission for the Application and Implementation of the Norms of the International Humanitarian Law in Ukraine (since 2015).
2.Russia’s nuclear terrorism: What kind of threat does the seizure of nuclear power plants pose to the world?
Russian troops seized the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant soon after the invasion began. Later, the Russian invaders shelled the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant. As of now, both Chornobyl and Zaporizhia NPPs are controlled by the Russian military. The employees of both stations are held hostage. It is not clear whether they are able to do their jobs properly and monitor the radiation levels.
Russia’s actions at the Chornobyl and Zaporizhia NPPs led the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine to register a number of criminal cases with charges of “ecocide.” In addition, Ukraine is asking IAEA to appeal to NATO with a request to close access to the airspace above its nuclear facilities.
While international organizations are monitoring and expressing “concern,” the issue of international nuclear security is hanging in the air. What are the threats posed by the seizure of the Chornobyl and Zaporizhia NPPs? Are there any international mechanisms to prevent such situations? What kind of damage has already been caused to the environment of Ukraine and the neighboring countries as a result of Russia’s criminal actions? Is there a need to strengthen the international mechanisms of the security of nuclear facilities and facilities with high environmental risks?
We plan to invite Oleksandr Stepanenko, an environmentalist, the executive director of the environmental NGO Green World, and a member of the Board of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union (UHRRU) between 2006 and 2013.
A call to the audience who are going to watch our events:
The actions of Russia as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, its blatant violations of the Charter and principles of the UN make us question the effectiveness of international institutions. International mechanisms have to be reconsidered! Appeal to your governments and demand to close the sky above Ukraine!
A call to the audience who are going to watch our events:
Russia, which is a member of the UN Security Council and IAEA but does not fulfill its commitments, must be expelled. International mechanisms have to be reconsidered.
Appeal to your governments and demand to close the sky above Ukraine!
Event format: Engaging an expert via online platforms (Zoom, Skype, etc.) to have a conversation with them within the topic in question. Length: 30-45 min.