24.02.23
Events
A House Made of Splinters (2022) / Director: Simon Lereng Wilmont / Length: 87 min. / Language: Russian, Ukranian / Subtitles: English / Entrance: FREE
24 February 2023 will mark 1 year since the beginning of Russia's unprovoked and unjustified full-scale invasion on Ukraine. To express EU's and Germany's solidarity with Ukraine, we will mark this day with a screening of the Ukrainian film "A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS" (2022), featuring children affected by aggression. The film will be screened in original language, with English subtitles. On Friday, 24 February 2023, at Kino ARMATA in Prishtina, at 19:00 hrs and free of charge, join us in expressing our unwavering support and #StandWithUkraine️!
Ambassadors of Germany and the EU, H.E. Jörn Rohde, H.E. EU Ambassador Thomas Szunyog, H.E. Minister for Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Donika Gervalla-Schwarz, as well as the Ukrainian Journalists taking part in Kosovo's journalists in Residence-Programme, will be delivering introductory remarks.
ABOUT THE MOVIE
Even before the Russian invasion in 2022, life was hard for the children in this halfway house in Luhansk in eastern Ukraine. An endless longing for security and normality contest with drunk mothers, violent fathers and desperate poverty. Kolya, Eva and Sascha find refuge for a few short months in a worn-down orphanage near the front line. It's a haven of safety where tears can transform into soap bubbles and hugs end in scuffles. But it's a makeshift, temporary home. Soon after the director finished filming, the children of Luhansk had to flee a Russian attack.