A new cultural initiative, Ukrajina Cinema Berlin, has been launched in the German capital, offering regular film screenings in Ukrainian. From now on, CineMotion Berlin-Hohenschönhausen will host monthly showings of international films dubbed into Ukrainian, as well as Ukrainian films with German subtitles.
The first screening took place on August 23 with the animated film The Smurfs, presented in Ukrainian dubbing with German subtitles. Ukrainian actors and TV hosts Hryhorii Baklanov, Oksana Huttsait, and Vitalina Bibliv lent their voices to the project.
According to project organizer and film director Antonina Gotfrid, the initiative carries both cultural and symbolic significance. She emphasized that independence for Ukrainians also means distancing from Russian cultural products, and that such events help the Ukrainian community in Germany feel closer to their language and culture.
In September, audiences will be able to watch the comedy When Will You Get Married?, and in October, the film Me, “Pobeda” and Berlin, based on the book by Kuzma Skryabin. Organizers noted that tickets for the October screening are already nearly sold out.
The Ukrajina Cinema Berlin project is being implemented in cooperation with the Central Association of Ukrainians in Germany, the CineMotion cinema, and the Civic Bureau of Liliya Usyk.
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