Ukrainian cinema from Maidan to 2022: rebirth in times of changes with Anthelme Vidaud | Kino 2025
Date and time:
Tuesday 22 April, 2025
18:30 - 20:00
Location:
ONLINE
This seminar will explore the development of Ukrainian cinema over the decade 2013–2022. After enduring two decades of crisis following the collapse of the Soviet studio system in the 1990s, Ukrainian cinema experienced a period of rebirth, driven by the revitalisation of the industry and shaped by the political upheavals in the country, starting with the Revolution of Dignity. The new generation of filmmakers is offering fresh narratives, breaking away from the ‘Russian world’ and questioning the Soviet legacy. Ukrainian cinema is once again asserting itself on the international stage and finding a national audience. From short films to patriotic cinema, from documentaries to comedies, this course will explore the trends emerging during this decade.
£35 general £25 student Friends and Benefactors of the Institute are also eligible for a discount.
Lecturer
Anthelme Vidaud
Anthelme Vidaud was born in 1986 in France. He studied literature and cultural project management in Lyon and Grenoble. In 2008–09, Anthelme worked at the Embassy of France in Malaysia, where he was organising French cinema festivals. In 2010–11 he worked as a communication manager at the Cinemathèque of Tangiers, Morocco. During the next two years, Vidaud was the audiovisual attaché at the French Institute in Kyiv. In 2014, he became part of the Odesa International Film Festival, first as a programme coordinator, and from 2015 to 2020 as its programme director. He now works as a freelance programmer and as a translator. He wrote a book in French about contemporary Ukrainian cinema (Ciné-Ukraine, histoire(s) d’indépendance, 2023) as well as several articles about Ukrainian cinema (for journals such as Cahiers du cinéma, Studies in World Cinema).
