{"id":1129,"date":"2025-08-07T14:37:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T11:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2025-09-15T15:57:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:57:30","slug":"ukrainian-competition-selection-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/en\/program\/ukrainian-competition-selection-1-1129\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian Competition: Selection #1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Presenting Selection #1 of the Ukrainian Competition of Wiz-Art 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The screening starts at 4 PM on September 20 at Lviv Art Palace, 17 Kopernyka str.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketclub.com.ua\/event\/6133\/?session=16082\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tickets are here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043a\u043e\u043d\u043a\u0443\u0440\u0441 LIFF Wiz-Art 2025 \/\/ \u0422\u0438\u0437\u0435\u0440\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mjJzDPET01k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><style>.kb-image1129_0253d7-ac .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1129_0253d7-ac size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/still-3-LD-1024x640.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/still-3-LD-1024x640.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/still-3-LD-300x188.webp 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/still-3-LD-768x480.webp 768w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/still-3-LD-1536x960.webp 1536w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/still-3-LD.webp 1728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>DRIVING LESSONS<\/strong> \/\/ 18 min., Anastasiya Gruba, Ukraine, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wartime Kyiv, Ukraine. A father helps his daughter to practice driving. They are the only relatives to each other and have a strong connection, but many disagreements in their opinions. The driving lesson ceases to be ordinary when the father is issued a summons at a checkpoint.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><style>.kb-image1129_d6544f-9a .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1129_d6544f-9a size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/home-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/home-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/home-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/home-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/home-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/home.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>HOME IS 1117 KM AWAY <\/strong>\/\/ 17 min., Marta Smerechynska, Ukraine, Hungary, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maria, who was forced to leave Ukraine, looking for a female roommate in Budapest. The talks with potential neighbors about food habits and cleanliness, transition into the conversations about the feeling of home and loneliness. When Ukrainian girls visit Maria, the search for a neighbour turns into an exchange of thoughts and feelings about the traumatic experiences of war and forced displacement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><style>.kb-image1129_d717f0-1a .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1129_d717f0-1a size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kiievi_Tort_Kyiv_Cake_05-1024x554.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kiievi_Tort_Kyiv_Cake_05-1024x554.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kiievi_Tort_Kyiv_Cake_05-300x162.webp 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kiievi_Tort_Kyiv_Cake_05-768x415.webp 768w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kiievi_Tort_Kyiv_Cake_05-1536x830.webp 1536w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kiievi_Tort_Kyiv_Cake_05.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>KYIV CAKE<\/strong> \/\/ 22 min., Mykyta Lyskov, Ukraine, Estonia, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The events of the movie unfold in modern Ukraine. A child is born into a poor family, the parents do everything possible to survive, but just when the crisis reaches its peak, a new danger flares up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><style>.kb-image1129_0da7ea-de .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1129_0da7ea-de size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BS_still1-1024x768.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BS_still1-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BS_still1-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BS_still1-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BS_still1.webp 1437w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>BLUEBERRY SUMMER <\/strong>\/\/ 19 min., Masha Kondakova, Ukraine, France, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This summer, Ksyusha has to spend it harvesting blueberries in the forest of Kyiv with her mother and sister to earn a living for her family. But she is distracted, waiting for her lover Misha. As they flirt, they go deeper and deeper into the forest, unaware of the danger.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><style>.kb-image1129_6fb77f-4e .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1129_6fb77f-4e size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7-1024x768.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7.webp 1147w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>CURFEW<\/strong> \/\/ 23 min., Yelyzaveta Toptyhina, Ukraine, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During an expedition, a young photographer miscalculates the time and misses her ride back to the city. At a bus stop, she meets a young man celebrating his birthday. With curfew approaching, the two strangers are forced to spend the night together at a roadside hotel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us at our balconies of time, <strong>on September 20, Lviv Art Palace<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presenting Selection #1 of the Ukrainian Competition of Wiz-Art 2025. The screening starts at 4 PM on September 20 at Lviv Art Palace, 17 Kopernyka str. Tickets are here DRIVING LESSONS \/\/ 18 min., Anastasiya Gruba, Ukraine, 2024 Wartime Kyiv, Ukraine. A father helps his daughter to practice driving. 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