Upcoming Events

Tuesday 3 March, 2026 - Tuesday 21 April, 2026
18:30 - 20:00

Kino 2026 | Ukrainian cinema: a century of innovation, struggle, and resilience | Full course

Join our Kino 2026 programme on Ukrainian cinema.

Speakers:


Location:


ONLINE


Full course:
£240 (early bird discount until 15 February)
£260 general (£180 student) — includes a Certificate of Completion, and full course materials

One seminar:
£35 general (£25 student) — includes course materials and video recording for the seminar attended

Friends and Benefactors of the Institute discounts:
Full course: £234 general (£162 student)
One seminar: £31.50 general (£22.50 student)

Monday 30 March, 2026 - Tuesday 14 April, 2026
18:30 - 20:30

Beginner Ukrainian | Spring intensive course | Online

This two-week intensive Ukrainian for beginners course is designed to give participants the opportunity to learn the basics of the Ukrainian language and discover more about Ukraine’s culture in a short period of time.

Speakers:


Location:


ONLINE


Tuesday 14 April, 2026
18:30 - 20:00

‘Survival mode: the Ukrainian cinema after 2022’ with Daria Badior | Kino 2026

Join the seventh seminar of our Kino 2026 programme on Ukrainian cinema. In this seminar, we will talk about the state of Ukrainian cinema since the beginning of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Ukrainian cinema was already sliding into a crisis in 2022, after two years of Covid, ongoing war, and the internal tensions within the industry.

Speakers:


  • Daria Badior

Location:


ONLINE


£35 general

£25 student

Friends and Benefactors of the Institute are also eligible for a discount.

Tuesday 14 April, 2026
18:45 - 20:30

Writing (beyond) War: Ukraine in the World

A SSEES Rethinking Eastern Europe and Eurasia event with Myroslav Laiuk, Yuliya Musakovska and Luke Harding, co-organised by the Ukrainian Institute London.

Speakers:


  • Myroslav Laiuk

     

  • Yuliya Musakovska

     

     

  • Luke Harding

     

     

  • Uilleam Blacker

     

     

Location:


Bentham House 4-8 Endsleigh Gardens London WC1H 0EG United Kingdom


Free (registration required)

Thursday 16 April, 2026
06:30 - 08:00

Connecting Lines of Resistance through Poetry — between Ukraine and the UK

Join us for a moving evening of Ukrainian and British poetry exploring resilience, solidarity and cultural connection.

Speakers:


  • Anatoliy Dnistrovyi

  • Yuliya Musakovska 

  • Fiona Benson FRSL 

Location:


The Poetry Cafe
22 Betterton St
London
WC2H 9BX

Free (donations to Hospitallers Medical Battalion)

Tuesday 21 April, 2026
18:30 - 20:00

‘Ukrainian cinema from Maidan to 2022: rebirth in times of changes’ with Anthelme Vidaud | Kino 2026

Join the seventh seminar of our Kino 2026 programme on Ukrainian cinema. This seminar will explore the development of Ukrainian cinema over the decade from 2013 to 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.

Speakers:


  • Anthelme Vidaud

Location:


ONLINE


£35 general

£25 student

Friends and Benefactors of the Institute are also eligible for a discount.

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Past Events

‘Ukrainian cinema of the 1990s: from free market to free fall’ with Stanislav Menzelevskyi | Kino 2026

Date
Tuesday 7 April, 2026
Speakers

Stanislav Menzelevskyi

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‘Ukrainian cinema of the 1990s: from free market to free fall’ with Stanislav Menzelevskyi | Kino 2026

40 years on: Chornobyl’s legacy and European environmental security

Date
Wednesday 1 April, 2026
Speakers

Serhii Plokhy

Eglė Rindzevičiūtė

Jonathon Turnbull 

 

Sasha Dovzhyk

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40 years on: Chornobyl’s legacy and European environmental security

‘Filming turbulent times: is there a Ukrainian documentary wave after 2014?’ with Yuliia Kovalenko | Kino 2026

Date
Tuesday 31 March, 2026
Speakers

Yuliia Kovalenko

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‘Filming turbulent times: is there a Ukrainian documentary wave after 2014?’ with Yuliia Kovalenko | Kino 2026
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