{"id":1169,"date":"2025-08-14T16:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/?p=1169"},"modified":"2025-09-15T15:59:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:59:17","slug":"international-competition-selection-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/en\/program\/international-competition-selection-3-1169\/","title":{"rendered":"International Competition: Selection #3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Presenting Selection #3 of the Ukrainian Competition of Wiz-Art 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The screening starts at 9 PM on September 19 at Lviv Art Palace, 17 Kopernyka str.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketclub.com.ua\/event\/6132\/?session=16081\" 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=\"\u041c\u0456\u0436\u043d\u0430\u0440\u043e\u0434\u043d\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\/dZPD5C2q-JI?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-image1169_3c3c14-2d .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1169_3c3c14-2d size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/smoke-of-the-fire-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/smoke-of-the-fire-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/smoke-of-the-fire-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/smoke-of-the-fire-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/smoke-of-the-fire-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/smoke-of-the-fire.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 class=\"has--font-size\"><strong>SMOKE OF THE FIRE <\/strong>\/\/ 22 min., Daryna Mamaisur, Portugal, Ukraine, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has--font-size\">There is Portugal, there is the Portuguese language and there is a Ukrainian filmmaker who learns the language and approaches the role of the potential migrant. There is also a play of words: zangar and o zang\u0101o. How is it possible to express such an empowering emotion as anger in the fragile attempts of a beginner? The video essay is woven from the filmmaker\u2019s narration, language classes, personal videos and archival images from Kyiv \u2013 revealing the split reality of anyone who is finding a safe place abroad while longing for home, which is under the constant danger of war.<\/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-image1169_d820fc-05 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1169_d820fc-05 size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/sucker-1024x540.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/sucker-1024x540.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/sucker-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/sucker-768x405.webp 768w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/sucker-1536x810.webp 1536w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/sucker.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>SUCKER&#8217;S DEATH<\/strong> \/\/ 21 min., Krzysztof Grudzi\u0144ski, Poland, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Young,&#8221; a member of a nationalist organization, resides in a quiet town with his solitary mother, leading a life oscillating between his workout routines at the gym and his job at a local store. The other members of his nationalist group castigate him due to his brother&#8217;s homosexuality and his departure to Warsaw. One fateful day, &#8220;Young&#8221; is coerced through blackmail to place an explosive device at an upcoming LGBT rally in the capital. The twist in the tale emerges with the involvement of the young man&#8217;s mother in the midst of this high-stakes situation. As &#8220;Young&#8221; confronts the dire decision before him, his loyalties and beliefs are put to the ultimate test.<\/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-image1169_7058a2-f7 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1169_7058a2-f7 size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/trees-1024x560.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/trees-1024x560.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/trees-300x164.webp 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/trees-768x420.webp 768w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/trees.webp 1200w\" 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>THE SHYNESS OF TREES<\/strong> \/\/ 9 min., Bingqing Shu, Maud Le Bras, Jiaxin Huang, Simin He, Lina Han, Lo\u00efck Du Plessis D\u2019argentr\u00e9, Sofiia Chuikovska, France, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>H\u00e9l\u00e8ne, 40 years old, comes to visit her aging mother in the french countryside. But her mother isn&#8217;t being her usual self. She seems to have formed a strange bond with the plants, insects, and the old oak tree at the end of her garden\u2026<\/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-image1169_5f8605-47 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1169_5f8605-47 size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"851\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/blie-1024x851.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/blie-1024x851.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/blie-300x249.webp 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/blie-768x638.webp 768w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/blie.webp 1300w\" 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>BLUE HEART<\/strong> \/\/ 15 min., Samuel Suffren, Haiti, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their loving son is away. Marianne and Petion are living in Haiti with a telephone, waiting for a call from the USA, where their son has left for the American dream.<\/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-image1169_011464-05 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1169_011464-05 size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/sugar-1024x429.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/sugar-1024x429.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/sugar-300x126.webp 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/sugar-768x322.webp 768w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/sugar-1536x643.webp 1536w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/sugar.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>MADE OF SUGAR<\/strong> \/\/ 25 min., Cl\u00e0udia Ced\u00f3, Spain, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maria is 30 years old, has an intellectual disability and a desire deep inside: she wants to be a mother. The lack of understanding towards her desire will lead her to a fight for her rights, to an uncomfortable rebellion to recover the decision-making power over her own body.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us at our balconies of time, <strong>on September 19, Lviv Art Palace<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presenting Selection #3 of the Ukrainian Competition of Wiz-Art 2025. The screening starts at 9 PM on September 19 at Lviv Art Palace, 17 Kopernyka str. 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