2026
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35 events · 9 jury members
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Schedule
Monday, 21/09 — 2 events
Monday, 21/09
Municipal Art Center, 11 Stefanyka St.
Wiz-Art Spectrum is a parallel curated art programme of the Wiz-Art Film Festival.
Exhibition opening: September 21, 5:00 PMThe exhibition will take place from September 21 to 27. The admission is free of charge.
Planeta Kino, Forum Lviv, 7B Pid Dubom St.
A detective triller about the disappearance of a girl. Directed by Taras Dron.
Nothing matches the filters.
Tuesday, 22/09
Palace of Arts, 17 Kopernyka St.
STRANGERS WITH HATS 7′ Petra Stipetić, Karolin Twiddy, Germany, 2026
HOMECOMING 19′, Yarema Malashchuk, Roman Khimei, Ukraine, 2026
SEE YOU TOMORROW 10′ Keiya Ando, Japan, 2025
MISUNDERSHOOD 7′ Iryna Sosimovych, Ukraine, 2025
OUT OF PLAY 13′ Vincenzo Bertillo, Canada, 2025
TERRITORY 6′ Barbara Synak, Poland, 2025
I THINK YOU SHOULD BE HERE 12′ Anna-Marija Adomaitytė, Élie Grappe, France, Switzerland, 2026
Municipal Art Center, 11 Stefanyka St.
Artist talk with Mary Yanko, a Ukrainian artists behind VULVINA QUEEN OF ECSTASY
Philharmonic, 7 M. Skoryka St.
SAMUEL BAYER: BEYOND THE FRAME 19′ Dmytro Hreshko, Ukraine 2026
BORSCHT, OR FRIED SHOES 2′ Hanna Beskrovna, Volodymyr Ilyin, Ukraine
THE OLD LADY AND THE ETERNITY 12′ Marc Martínez Jordán, Spain, 2026
I AM FINE 4′ Osi Wald, Israel, 2025
MY CLOSET 4′ Iuliia Kotsiuba, Ukraine, 2025
BREEZEBLOCK 4′ Thomas Bernon, Julien Gamarde, France, 2025
NEWS 4′ Bublyk S., Ukraine, 2025
PEOPLE OF DNIPRO 3′ Mykyta Lyskov, Ukraine, 2026
Nothing matches the filters.
Wednesday, 23/09
Palace of Arts, 17 Kopernyka St.
FISH IN MY STOMACH 7′ Yehor Holovkov, Ukraine, 2026
ICARUS 20′ Christos Kardana, Belgium, France, Greece, United Kingdom, 2025
DOG EAR 20′ Péter Vácz, Hungary, 2025
AQUARIUM 12′ Ella Michaeli, Germany, Israel, 2025
ON SAINT NICHOLAS’ EVE 11’ Emy-Mirel Ivașcă, Romania, 2025
BORDERLINE 2’ Veronika Aiuvdzhy, Ukraine, 2025
OSTRICH 8′ Marie Kenov, Switzerland, 2025
Palace of Arts, 17 Kopernyka St.
THE PRICE 29’, Álex Sardá, Spain, 2024
THE NINTH VILLAGE 4’, Gregor Kocjančič, Slovenia, 2025
BECAUSE TODAY IS SATURDAY 12’, Alice Eça Guimarães, Portugal, France, Spain, 2025
SIGN AND SEE THE WORLD 11’, Safi Graauw, Netherlands, 2025
UNDER THE RADAR 20’, Frederique de Montblanc, Belgium, 2025
Palace of Arts, 17 Kopernyka St.
THE RECCE 15′ Daniel Mann, Germany, United Kingdom, 2026
AUGUST AND THE WAR 15′ Leandro Netzell Cerón, Samori Tovatt, Sweden, 2026
STIINA 15′ Elisabeth Kužovnik, Estonia, 2026
THE DREAM IS A SNAIL 15′ Thiên Ân Nguyễn, South Korea, Vietnam, 2026
2000 20′ Renata Lučić, Chroatia, 2026
HOW TO FALL OUT OF LOVE 15′ Varvara Zarytska, Poland, Ukraine, 2025
Planeta Kino, Forum Lviv, 7B Pid Dubom St.
GENESIS 20′, Gabriel González Acosta, Mexico, 2025
SEXABILITY 11′ Anne-Christin Plate, Germany, 2026
THE FISHBOWL GIRL 23′, Hung-yi Wu, Taiwan, 2024
GAIA 4′, Franziska Kabutke, Germany, 2025
THE INTIMACY COORDINATOR 21′, Louisa Connolly-Burnham, United Kingdom, 2026
BBQ 4′, Vojta Haken, Czechia, 2026
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Thursday, 24/09
Palace of Arts, 17 Kopernyka St.
THE FIRST DAY 20′ Hossein Moein, Iran, 2026
A NORMAL LIFE 26′ Mykola Nosok, Ukraine, 2026
THE LAND KEEPS WATCH 8′ Iryna Tanasiichuk, Estonia, Ukraine, 2025
CONCRETE KIDS 20′ Saulius Baradinskas, Lithuania, 2026
THE GIRL WITH THE OCCUPIED EYES 8′ André Carrilho, Portugal, 2024
THE LITTLE ANCESTOR 12′ Alexa Tremblay-Francoeur, Canada, 2024
Palace of Arts, 17 Kopernyka St.
PUOLANKA PUSSY RALLY 5’, Inka Achté, Einari Paakkanen, Finland, 2026
CURFEW 23’, Yelyzaveta Toptyhina, Ukraine, 2025
DANCE WITH ME DAD 28’, Małgorzata Goździk, Poland, 2025
I AM A FLOWER 13’, Ariel Victor Arthanto, Germany, 2024
PLEASE HOLD 23’, Solal Bouloudnine, France, 2025
Culture Park, 51 Vitovskoho St.
The admission is free of charge.
TIRELESS 9′, Elliot Totzauer, Emma Sandona, France, 2024
OUR HOME’S CIGARETTE BUTTS 20′, Eduard Amado, Spain, 2025
BUSINESS LADY 3′, Mariia Pidchenko, Ukraine, 2026
THIS IS NOT A RUNNING JOKE 18′, Xavier Diskeuve, Belgium, 2026
DINGO 18′, James Marcus Haney, United States, 2026
JUST 17′, Olga Kałagate, Poland, 2025
Palace of Arts, 17 Kopernyka St.
PITHEAD 16′ Pol De Plecker, Wannes Vanspauwen, Belgium, 2026
BECAUSE TODAY IS SATURDAY 13′ Alice Eça Guimarães, Portugal, 2025
NO GOD NO FATHER 12′ Paul Kermarec, France, 2025
TAPEWORM ALEXIS & THE OPERA DIVA 11′Thaïs Odermatt, Switzerland, 2025
ASTRONAUT 16′ Giorgio Giampà, France, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico, 2025
THE BODY OF CHRIST 12′ Bea Lema, Spain, 2025
Planeta Kino, Forum Lviv, 7B Pid Dubom St.
One summer night in Ukraine through the eyes of forty cinematographers and hundreds of people. Directed by Olha Chernykh.
Nothing matches the filters.
Friday, 25/09
Palace of Arts, 17 Kopernyka St.
CITY IN THE FOX 9′ Mikael Lindskov Jacobsen, Germany, 2026
GAS INSIDE US 2′ Hanna Beskrovna, Ukraine, 2026
BROAD BRUNO 2′ Kerry Sun, Jane Jiang, United States, 2026
BORSCHT, OR FRIED SHOES 2′ Hanna Beskrovna, Volodymyr Iljin, Ukraine, 2025
PROUT 8′ Marc-Henri Wajnberg, Belgium, 2025
Palace of Arts, 17 Kopernyka St.
CITY IN THE FOX 9′ Mikael Lindskov Jacobsen, Germany, 2026
GAS INSIDE US 2′ Hanna Beskrovna, Ukraine, 2026
BROAD BRUNO 2′ Kerry Sun, Jane Jiang, United States, 2026
BORSCHT, OR FRIED SHOES 2′ Hanna Beskrovna, Volodymyr Iljin, Ukraine, 2025
PROUT 8′ Marc-Henri Wajnberg, Belgium, 2025
Palace of Arts, 17 Kopernyka St.
CITY IN THE FOX 9′ Mikael Lindskov Jacobsen, Germany, 2026
GAS INSIDE US 2′ Hanna Beskrovna, Ukraine, 2026
BROAD BRUNO 2′ Kerry Sun, Jane Jiang, United States, 2026
BORSCHT, OR FRIED SHOES 2′ Hanna Beskrovna, Volodymyr Iljin, Ukraine, 2025
PROUT 8′ Marc-Henri Wajnberg, Belgium, 2025
Palace of Arts, 17 Kopernyka St.
I BUY 8′, Martynas Norvaišas, Lithuania, 2023
COMMUNITY GARDENS 15′, Vytautas Katkus, Lithuania, 2019
IEVA 14′, Vytautas Plukas, Domas Petronis, Lithuania, 2020
IT’S ALRIGHT 17′, Jorūnė Greičiūtė, Lithuania 2020
WAY BETTER 13′, Skirmanta Jakaitė, Lithuania 2022
LEFT-HANDED PEN 18′, Adas Burkšaitis, Lithuania 2024
Culture Park, 51 Vitovskoho St.
Films created by the students of Ukrainian animation director Mykyta Lyskov.
The admission is free of charge.
Culture Park, 51 Vitovskoho St.
The admission is free of charge.
HORDE 7′, Janina Księska, Poland, 2025
RAGE 19′, Fran Moreno Blanco, Spain, 2025
OUR WALLS 7′, Živa Divjak, Slovenia, 2026
DETLEV 13′, Ferdinand Ehrhardt, Germany, 2024
ALTER TIME 5, Anna-Maria Oueiny, Lebanon, 2026
TRADING CARDS 15′, Radheya Jang, Australia, United Kingdom, 2026
MY LOVELY BEAST 8′, Anasatasiia Tiahun, Ukraine, 2025
PHANTOM CAROUSEL 19′, Efosa Osaghae, United Kingdom, 2026
Palace of Arts, 17 Kopernyka St.
NEIL ARMSTRONG AND THE LANGHOMITES // 18′, Duncan Cowles, United Kingdom, 2025
LITTLE HOUSE // 16′, Nika Jurman, Slovenia, 2026
FILM FILM // 12′, Artūrs Vobļikovs, Latvia, United Kingdom, 2025
WHEN THE SEA WAS CALM // 17′, Mamuka Tkeshelashvili, Georgia, 2026
WHAT IS THEY BOMB HERE TONIGHT? // 17′, Samir Syriani, Lebanon, 2025
LIKE OTHER PEOPLE // 17′, Luisa Nöllke, Leo Dzhyshyashvili, Germany, 2025
Culture Park, 51 Vitovskoho St.
The admission is free of charge.
OIAF 2025 SIGNAL FILM 45”, Torill Kove, Canada
FUSION 3′, Richard Reeves, Canada
POOR MARCIANO 7′, Alex Rey, Spain
EVACUATIONS 7′, Lili Carré, USA
GREEN LUNG 3′, Lili Carré, USA
DESI OON 8′, Suresh Eriyat, Canada
THE GRAFFITI 12′, Ryo Orikasa, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine
S THE WOLF 10′, Sameh Alaa, Egypt, France
IL BURATTINO E LA BALENA 8′, Roberto Catani, France, Italy
Planeta Kino, Forum Lviv, 7B Pid Dubom St.
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DISTURBIA 6’, Mira Yankova, Bulgaria, 2025
PUREBRED 15’, Caleb J. Roberts, Ireland, United Kingdom, 2025
WHAT IF WE RUN OUT OF STONES? 7’, Nora Štrbová, Czechia, 2025
XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA 22’, Thomas Colineau, France, 2025
BAD IDEAS 12’, Jan Bujnowski, Poland, 2025
FREE ELIZA (NOTES ON AN ANATOMICAL IMPERFECTION) 20’, Alexandra Matheou, Cyprus, France, Greece, 2026
QUANTUM JUMP 10’, Šimon Mészáros, Czechia, 2026
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Saturday, 26/09
Culture Park, 51 Vitovskoho St.
FISH IN MY STOMACH 7′ Yehor Holovkov, Ukraine, 2026
ICARUS 20′ Christos Kardana, Belgium, France, Greece, United Kingdom, 2025
DOG EAR 20′ Péter Vácz, Hungary, 2025
AQUARIUM 12′ Ella Michaeli, Germany, Israel, 2025
ON SAINT NICHOLAS’ EVE 11’ Emy-Mirel Ivașcă, Romania, 2025
BORDERLINE 2’ Veronika Aiuvdzhy, Ukraine, 2025
OSTRICH 8′ Marie Kenov, Switzerland, 2025
Culture Park, 51 Vitovskoho St.
STRANGERS WITH HATS 7′ Petra Stipetić, Karolin Twiddy, Germany, 2026
HOMECOMING 19′, Yarema Malashchuk, Roman Khimei, Ukraine, 2026
SEE YOU TOMORROW 10′ Keiya Ando, Japan, 2025
MISUNDERSHOOD 7′ Iryna Sosimovych, Ukraine, 2025
OUT OF PLAY 13′ Vincenzo Bertillo, Canada, 2025
TERRITORY 6′ Barbara Synak, Poland, 2025
I THINK YOU SHOULD BE HERE 12′ Anna-Marija Adomaitytė, Élie Grappe, France, Switzerland, 2026
Municipal Art Center, 11 Stefanyka St.
As part of the Wiz-Art film festival’s art program, Olena Zaretska will talk about the Mariupol mosaic “The Tree of Life.”
Olena is an artist, designer, founder, and head of the “Alla Horska and Viktor Zaretskyi Foundation” Charitable Organization. She continues the legacy of her grandparents—prominent 60s artists—through contemporary art and educational projects.
Culture Park, 51 Vitovskoho St.
THE FIRST DAY 20′ Hossein Moein, Iran, 2026
A NORMAL LIFE 26′ Mykola Nosok, Ukraine, 2026
THE LAND KEEPS WATCH 8′ Iryna Tanasiichuk, Estonia, Ukraine, 2025
CONCRETE KIDS 20′ Saulius Baradinskas, Lithuania, 2026
THE GIRL WITH THE OCCUPIED EYES 8′ André Carrilho, Portugal, 2024
THE LITTLE ANCESTOR 12′ Alexa Tremblay-Francoeur, Canada, 2024
Palace of Arts, 17 Kopernyka St.
CITY IN THE FOX 9′ Mikael Lindskov Jacobsen, Germany, 2026
GAS INSIDE US 2′ Hanna Beskrovna, Ukraine, 2026
BROAD BRUNO 2′ Kerry Sun, Jane Jiang, United States, 2026
BORSCHT, OR FRIED SHOES 2′ Hanna Beskrovna, Volodymyr Iljin, Ukraine, 2025
PROUT 8′ Marc-Henri Wajnberg, Belgium, 2025
Palace of Arts, 17 Kopernyka St.
CITY IN THE FOX 9′ Mikael Lindskov Jacobsen, Germany, 2026
GAS INSIDE US 2′ Hanna Beskrovna, Ukraine, 2026
BROAD BRUNO 2′ Kerry Sun, Jane Jiang, United States, 2026
BORSCHT, OR FRIED SHOES 2′ Hanna Beskrovna, Volodymyr Iljin, Ukraine, 2025
PROUT 8′ Marc-Henri Wajnberg, Belgium, 2025
Palace of Arts, 17 Kopernyka St.
CITY IN THE FOX 9′ Mikael Lindskov Jacobsen, Germany, 2026
GAS INSIDE US 2′ Hanna Beskrovna, Ukraine, 2026
BROAD BRUNO 2′ Kerry Sun, Jane Jiang, United States, 2026
BORSCHT, OR FRIED SHOES 2′ Hanna Beskrovna, Volodymyr Iljin, Ukraine, 2025
PROUT 8′ Marc-Henri Wajnberg, Belgium, 2025
Culture Park, 51 Vitovskoho St.
A film about youth and the transformation of an abandoned palace of culture into a modern socio-cultural space for street cultures. Directed by Ivan Volianskyi.
The admission is free of charge.
2 events at the same time
Palace of Arts, 17 Kopernyka St.
ON THE SHIELD 24′ Oksana Artemenko, Ukraine, 2026
FAREWELL, MY TREE 7′, Yelyzaveta Myshkalenko, Ukraine, 2025
COME BACK 9′, Anton Proza, Ukraine, 2026
TELL ME A FAIRYTALE 22′, Diana Anikieieva, Ukraine, 2026
HOMECOMING 19′, Yarema Malashchuk, Roman Khimei, Ukraine, 2026
OFF THE CHEST 14′, Dara Sokolova, Ukraine, 2025
Palace of Arts, 17 Kopernyka St.
ON A STRINGER 14′, Sashko Roshchyn, Ukraine, 2025
(RE)COVERED MEMORY 11′, Oleksandra Pletenetska, Ukraine, 2025
GIANT 17′, Vadym Mochalov, Ukraine, 2026
IN 769 KM, NEW YORK 15′, Sofiia Buhrii, Ukraine, 2025
SELF-PRESERVING NUDITY 7′, Nelly Shylova, Ireland, Ukraine, 2025
FUCK THEM ALL 15′, Polina Biliaieva, Ukraine, 2025
THE FERRY FLOWS 18′, Zhora Papoian, Ukraine, 2026
Culture Park, 51 Vitovskoho St.
The admission is free of charge.
A WAKE 12′, Marius Pocevičius, Lithuania, 2025
K-9INE! 11′, Elliott Power, United Kingdom, 2025
EGOGPT 11′, Saman Mustefa, Iraq, 2025
GROWING SPROUTS 9′, Béatrice Herzig, Switzerland, 2026
TUESDAY OR THURSDAY 16′, Dušan Kasalica, Montenegro, 2026
AWAKENING NIGHT 3′, Julie-Ann Déry, Canada, 2025
HEARTWRECK 11′, Luka Vucić, Croatia, 2026
Palace of Arts, 17 Kopernyka St.
NIGHT SHIFT 29′, Megumi Lim, Ukraine, 2025
WAR FILM FESTIVAL 17′, Oleksandra Horiienko, Ukraine, 2026
DON’T BE NAUGHTY 5′, Artem Kuznietsov, Ukraine, 2026
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF TATARIN 22′, Artem Iurchenko, Ukraine, 2026
EASTER DAY 17′, Mykola Zasieiev, France, Ukraine, 2025
Planeta Kino, Forum Lviv, 7B Pid Dubom St.
NOBODY BARKS 20′, Júlia Coldwell Serra, Spain, 2025
AN EXCESS BAGGAGE 16′, Myriam Garcia Marienstras, France, 2025
UKA-UKA 12′, Henri Veermäe, Estonia, 2026
ASPARAGUS BEAR 18′, Ivan Grgur, Croatia, 2025
HARIKSEE 18′, Eva Rini May, Germany, 2026
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Sunday, 27/09
2 events at the same time
Culture Park, 51 Vitovskoho St.
CITY IN THE FOX 9′ Mikael Lindskov Jacobsen, Germany, 2026
GAS INSIDE US 2′ Hanna Beskrovna, Ukraine, 2026
BROAD BRUNO 2′ Kerry Sun, Jane Jiang, United States, 2026
BORSCHT, OR FRIED SHOES 2′ Hanna Beskrovna, Volodymyr Iljin, Ukraine, 2025
PROUT 8′ Marc-Henri Wajnberg, Belgium, 2025
Palace of Arts, 17 Kopernyka St.
The film tells the story of the workers of DTEK's Kurakhove Power Plant, who kept the station operational under constant shelling just 10 km from the front line. Directed by Anton Shtuka.
Culture Park, 51 Vitovskoho St.
CITY IN THE FOX 9′ Mikael Lindskov Jacobsen, Germany, 2026
GAS INSIDE US 2′ Hanna Beskrovna, Ukraine, 2026
BROAD BRUNO 2′ Kerry Sun, Jane Jiang, United States, 2026
BORSCHT, OR FRIED SHOES 2′ Hanna Beskrovna, Volodymyr Iljin, Ukraine, 2025
PROUT 8′ Marc-Henri Wajnberg, Belgium, 2025
Culture Park, 51 Vitovskoho St.
CITY IN THE FOX 9′ Mikael Lindskov Jacobsen, Germany, 2026
GAS INSIDE US 2′ Hanna Beskrovna, Ukraine, 2026
BROAD BRUNO 2′ Kerry Sun, Jane Jiang, United States, 2026
BORSCHT, OR FRIED SHOES 2′ Hanna Beskrovna, Volodymyr Iljin, Ukraine, 2025
PROUT 8′ Marc-Henri Wajnberg, Belgium, 2025
Culture Park, 51 Vitovskoho St.
The admission is free of charge.
PEOPLE OF DNIPRO 3′ Mykyta Lyskov, Ukraine, 2026
COME BACK 9′ Anton Proza, Ukraine, 2026
HOMECOMING 19′ Yarema Malashchuk, Roman Khimei, Ukraine, 2026
SAMUEL BAYER: BEYOND THE FRAME 19′ Dmytro Hreshko, Ukraine, 2026
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF TATARIN 22′ Artem Iurchenko, Ukraine, 2026
THE FERRY FLOWS 18′, Zhora Papoian, Ukraine, 2026
Palace of Arts, 17 Kopernyka St.
CITY IN THE FOX 9′ Mikael Lindskov Jacobsen, Germany, 2026
GAS INSIDE US 2′ Hanna Beskrovna, Ukraine, 2026
BROAD BRUNO 2′ Kerry Sun, Jane Jiang, United States, 2026
BORSCHT, OR FRIED SHOES 2′ Hanna Beskrovna, Volodymyr Iljin, Ukraine, 2025
PROUT 8′ Marc-Henri Wajnberg, Belgium, 2025
2 events at the same time
Palace of Arts, 17 Kopernyka St.
CITY IN THE FOX 9′ Mikael Lindskov Jacobsen, Germany, 2026
GAS INSIDE US 2′ Hanna Beskrovna, Ukraine, 2026
BROAD BRUNO 2′ Kerry Sun, Jane Jiang, United States, 2026
BORSCHT, OR FRIED SHOES 2′ Hanna Beskrovna, Volodymyr Iljin, Ukraine, 2025
PROUT 8′ Marc-Henri Wajnberg, Belgium, 2025
Palace of Arts, 17 Kopernyka St.
MODERN HISTORY 24′, Oleksandr Hoisan, Valeriy Hrysha, Oleksandr Kosiak, France, Ukraine, 2025
EGO 14′, Vegard Dahle, Norway, 2025
A NORMAL LIFE 26′, Mykola Nosok, Ukraine, 2026
PEOPLE LIVE HERE 12′, Gabrielle Côté, Canada, 2026
WHITE CLIFFS OF VINNYTSIA 23′, Karolina Uskakovych, Ukraine, 2026
2 events at the same time
Palace of Arts, 17 Kopernyka St.
CITY IN THE FOX 9′ Mikael Lindskov Jacobsen, Germany, 2026
GAS INSIDE US 2′ Hanna Beskrovna, Ukraine, 2026
BROAD BRUNO 2′ Kerry Sun, Jane Jiang, United States, 2026
BORSCHT, OR FRIED SHOES 2′ Hanna Beskrovna, Volodymyr Iljin, Ukraine, 2025
PROUT 8′ Marc-Henri Wajnberg, Belgium, 2025
Culture Park, 51 Vitovskoho St.
An observational film: a reflection on the war that has reached even the places where silence once prevailed. Directed by Volodymyr Bakum.
The admission is free of charge.
Palace of Arts, 17 Kopernyka St.
Screening of 17th Wiz-Art winners and closing ceremony
Planeta Kino, Forum Lviv, 7B Pid Dubom St.
TOURISTS 15′, Mária Kralovič, France, Slovakia, 2025
BETWEEN THOUGHTS 15′, Gabriel-Antoine Roy, Canada, 2025
TASTE OF ALMOND 17′, Elvira Smirnova, Ukraine, 2026
SPLASH 13′, Stefan Titze, Germany, 2026
THE ROOMMATE 12′, Domen Martinčič, Croatia, 2025
EXAM 17′, Jan Naszewski, France, Poland, 2025
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02
Programme
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21 Sep · 17:00
Wiz-Art Spectrum: Unfocus
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21 Sep · 19:00
The Glass House
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22 Sep · 13:00
Screens for Teens: Boundaries and Limits
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22 Sep · 15:00
Wiz-Art Spectrum: Artist talk with Mary Yanko
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22 Sep · 18:00
Sound and Vision: Wiz-Art 2026 Opening Ceremony
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23 Sep · 13:00
Me and Others: Screens for Teens
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23 Sep · 16:30
Best of Europe: ESFAA #1
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23 Sep · 18:30
International Competition #1
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23 Sep · 20:30
Mindnight Sexy Shorts: Non-Competition Films
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24 Sep · 13:00
Changing World: Screen for Teens
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24 Sep · 16:30
Best of Europe: ESFAA #2
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24 Sep · 18:00
Stay Together: Non-Competition Films
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24 Sep · 18:30
International Competition #2
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24 Sep · 20:30
The Illusion of a Quiet Night
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25 Sep · 15:00
Blanket Cinema: Screenings for Children
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25 Sep · 16:30
Catching Up with the Present: Lithuanian Short Films
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25 Sep · 17:00
Films by Mykyta Lyskov Students
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25 Sep · 18:00
Games People Play: Non-Competition Films
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25 Sep · 18:30
International Competition #3
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25 Sep · 20:00
Best of Ottawa
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25 Sep · 20:30
Unholy Slame: Non-Competition Films
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26 Sep · 10:00
Lviv Industry Days
- 26 Sep · 13:00 Wiz-Art Spectrum: “The Tree of Life” with Olena Zaretska
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26 Sep · 16:00
House of Street Culture
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26 Sep · 17:00
National Competition #1
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26 Sep · 17:00
National Competition #2
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26 Sep · 18:00
Turning Points: Non-Competition Films
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26 Sep · 19:00
National Competition #3
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26 Sep · 20:30
Secret in my Pocket: Non-Competition Films
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27 Sep · 12:00
The Last Prometheus of Donbas
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27 Sep · 14:00
Ukraine: Focus on Future
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27 Sep · 15:30
Future Yesterday: Non-Competition Films
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27 Sep · 16:00
The Silence of the Estuaries
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27 Sep · 18:00
Closing Ceremony of Wiz-Art: Screening of Winners
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27 Sep · 19:30
Kiss Kiss: Non-Competition Films
03
Jury
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Yelyzaveta Toptyhina National Competition Jury
Ukrainian film director, screenwriter, and visual artist. Originally from the Odesa region, based in Kyiv. Yelyzaveta graduated from the directing department at the Kyiv National Karpenko-Kary University of Theater, Cinema and Television. She is an alumna of Sarajevo Talents 2026. Working across fiction and hybrid projects, as well as commercials and music videos, her work explores emotional connections between characters, infused with warm irony in both storytelling and imagery. She also engages with memory, intimacy and collective transformation against the backdrop of war. In 2025, her short film “Curfew” had its international premiere at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival. The film won the Audience Choice Award at the Wiz-Art IFF and was nominated for the European Short Film Audience Award (ESFAA). Currently, Curfew is screening at film festivals across Europe, including Fribourg IFF, Brussels Short FF, Curtas Vila do Conde - IFF, Clermont-Ferrand ISFF, Go Short – ISFF, Tampere FF, Interfilm - ISFF and others. The film was also nominated for the Ukrainian National Critics Award “Kinokolo” in two categories: Best Short Fiction Film and Best Screenplay.
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Lukas Kacinauskas National Competition Jury
Up-and-coming film director and screenwriter from Lithuania. He earned a BA and an MA in Film Directing from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. His debut film, I WAS MAX, was selected for the Future Frames program at Karlovy Vary IFF (2022). HAPPY NEXT YEAR!, his latest short film, had its international premiere at Uppsala Short Film Festival (2024). His debut feature film project was selected for the Talent Village program at Les Arcs Film Festival (2024). In addition to his creative activities, he consults on screenwriting and film editing. He also works as a film programmer. Alongside this, he works as a festival development manager at Vilnius Short Film Festival.
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William Paul Clark National Competition Jury
Film and television Assistant Director and Producer with over 80 credits across major studio productions. The projects he has worked on have collectively grossed over $2 billion worldwide. Over the course of his career, he has collaborated with a wide range of internationally recognized filmmakers and actors, including Quentin Tarantino, Sylvester Stallone, Barry Levinson, Marc Forster, Patrick Hughes, and Matt Dillon, contributing to films ranging from independent features to large-scale studio productions, several of which have received Academy Award nominations. Clark has played a central role in managing complex productions, coordinating large crews and intricate sequences, and translating creative vision into practical execution. His work sits at the intersection of storytelling, logistics, and performance—guiding projects from script to screen.
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Yehor Harmash International Competition Jury
Ukrainian film director and screenwriter originally from Nikopol. His work focuses on the psychological evolution of characters caught in the complex circumstances of wartime. His short fiction film Dad's Scratch (2024) won the Grand Prix at the Wiz-Art Film Festival and was nominated for the European Film Academy (EFA) Awards in 2025. The film also received the Best Director award at the Prologue International Student Film Festival in 2025 and was nominated for the Ukrainian Film Academy's Golden Dzyga award. His short film Where He Stepped (2023) received a Special Mention at the Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival.Yelyzaveta Toptyhina
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Hans Broich International Competition Jury
Co-founded the Berlin- and Vienna-based production company Superzoom Film to produce experimental cinema for a broad audience. Superzoom’s first narrative feature, Losing Faith (dir. Martha Mechow, 2023, 101 min.), was invited to numerous major international film festivals, won the Grand Prize for Best Feature Film at Diagonale, the ERSTE Award at the Viennale, and had its U.S. theatrical release in the summer of 2024 at Anthology Film Archives in New York. Since then, he has produced several films selected by major international festivals, including Locarno, Berlinale Forum, FIDMarseille, New Directors/New Films (MoMA), the Viennale, and DocLisboa. In addition to his work with Superzoom Film, Hans Broich curates the film program at the Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in Berlin and works on selected projects for internationally renowned production companies, including Coproduction Office, Komplizen Film, and Filmgalerie 451, on films by Alexandre Koberidze, Valeska Grisebach, and Kamal Aljafari.
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Mariia Ponomarova International Competition Jury
Mariia Ponomarova is a film director, creative producer, and film industry professional. Mariia studied directing at Karpenko-Karyi Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinema & Television in Ukraine, graduating in 2013. In 2016, she completed the Master of Film program at the Netherlands Film Academy. Fiction and documentary films she worked on were screened at festivals such as DokLeipzig, IDFA, Sarajevo FF, Sheffield DocFest, Chicago IFF, Krakow FF, Go Short ISFF, DokuFest and more. Her debut feature documentary Nice Ladies had an international premiere at HotDocs and received a Special Mention at DocudaysUA IHRFF. Mariia is a member of the European Film Academy and a Senior Consultant at the Documentary Association of Europe.Mariia's new short hybrid documentary 'Patronymic' had its World Premiere at TIFF in September 2026.
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Kateryna Slipchenko Jury of the National Union of Film Critics of Ukraine
Ukrainian journalist and film critic. Art historian by background. Member of FIPRESCI, the Ukrainian Film Academy, and the Ukrainian Oscar Committee.
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Ihor Kromf Jury of the National Union of Film Critics of Ukraine
Ukrainian film critic, writer for media outlets covering new Ukrainian culture such as Liroom and LB.UA, host of the "Director's Cut" ("Rezhyserska Versiia") podcast. Member of FIPRESCI and the Film Critics Guild of Ukraine. Member of the committee for the "Kinokolo" National Film Critics Award.
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Alik Shpyliuk Jury of the National Union of Film Critics of Ukraine
Artistic Director of the Ukrainian Film Academy, Programming Consultant for the Odesa International Film Festival (OIFF), member of the Expert Committee of the State Film Agency of Ukraine and the State Film Support Council, Secretary of the Board of the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine. Member and expert of the European Film Academy, expert for Eurimages and the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation (UCF), member of FIPRESCI. Honored Worker of Culture of Ukraine, Chevalier of the French Order of Arts and Letters. The project is supported by the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation. Festival partners: ZMIN Foundation, Ukrainian State Film Agency, M-Rental, Morshynska, America House Lviv, Lviv City Council, Megogo, Morshynska, Lviv Film Hub, Suspilne Culture, Sebto Media, Zaxid.Net
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