The DOCU/SHORT competition programme is back in its usual international format. We are happy to announce its participants!

“This year, the programme includes 14 films from 8 countries. We are especially pleased that after lengthy discussions in the Selection Council and amid truly serious competition, the programme includes six films by Ukrainian directors who will deservedly compete for the award,” comments Yulia Kovalenko, the Programme Director of Docudays UA.

The DOCU/SHORT short film competition includes:

• Tale of the three flames, dir: Juliette Menthonnex (Portugal, Hungary, Belgium, Switzerland)
• On April 22, 2023, from 13:05 to 13:11 nothing happened in Irpin, dir: Ania Na (Ukraine)
• Position, dir: Yurii Pupirin (Ukraine)
• Walk, dir: Daria Zhuravel (Ukraine, Georgia)
• Our home, dir: Anna Yutchenko (Ukraine)
• Boots on the Ground, Hands in the Soil, dir:Karolina Uskakovych (Ukraine, Netherlands, United Kingdom)
• Under the Sign of Anchor, dir: Taras Spivak (Ukraine)
• The Most Beautiful Corner in the World, dir: Robo Mihály (Slovakia)
• Kathmandu Monsoon, dir: Ngima Gelu Sherpa (Nepal)
• The Kiosk, dir: Daniel Stopa (Poland)
• Incident, dir: Bill Morrison (USA)
• Testudo Hermanni, dir: G. Anthony Svatek (Austria, USA)
• Near Light, dir: Niccolò Salvato (Italy)
• New Facades, dir: Kay Hannahan (USA, Hungary)

Header photo: a still from the film The Most Beautiful Corner in the World. 

The 21st Docudays UA will be held on 31 May–9 June 2024 on several locations in Kyiv and online at the same time.