The Ukrainian Film Festival is an annual celebration of contemporary and classic Ukrainian cinema run by the Ukrainian Institute London and held at Curzon Soho.
Through our carefully curated programme, we turn to Ukraine’s culture and cinema to deepen our understanding of the country’s complex history and explore its multifaceted identity. Each year, the festival explores a new concept that allows us to plug into Ukraine’s evolving narrative through its cinema, offering a dynamic platform for both established and emerging filmmakers. In 2025, our newest festival, Through Love and Loss, focusses on how these profound currents are shaping people’s lives.
This theme speaks about a search for oneself in challenging times, self-reflection and self-determination, the recognition of our past, and the acceptance of a present composed of countless fragments.
Ukrainian Institute London’s fourth annual Ukrainian Film Festival will present 5 screenings of feature, documentary, and short films, with each film providing a window into life in contemporary Ukraine, the astonishing resilience of its people, and the power of mutual support and solidarity in the face of war.
Ukraine Defiant, curated by the Ukrainian Institute London, showcases contemporary Ukrainian cinema – daring, challenging and unafraid of showing the reality of Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine. We turn to Ukraine’s culture and cinema to understand the country’s complex past and discover its multifaceted identity.
From 22 November until 6 December, the Ukrainian Institute London and Cambridge Ukrainian Studies welcome audiences to the 2021 Ukrainian Film Festival, Freedom on Screen.
In November 2020, the Ukrainian Institute London and Cambridge Ukrainian Studies hosted an online festival of Ukrainian films, showcasing four gripping contemporary Ukrainian films
In December 2019, the Ukrainian Institute London and ArtHouse Traffic hosted Ukrainian Film Days, which showcased Ukraine’s fine tradition in film-making and a recent wave of innovation across the arts.
