{"id":3436,"date":"2026-09-18T15:27:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T12:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/?p=3436"},"modified":"2026-09-18T15:27:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T12:27:34","slug":"ukraine-focus-on-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/en\/prog2026-en\/ukraine-focus-on-future-3436\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine: Focus on Future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lviv International Film Festival Wiz-Art invites to the screening of non-competition films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Screening date:<\/strong>\u00a0September 27, 2:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Screening location:<\/strong>&nbsp;Bohdan Khmelnytsky Culture and Recreation Park, 51 Vitovskoho str.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The admission is free of charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 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%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/555555555-1-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/555555555-1-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/555555555-1-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/555555555-1-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/555555555-1-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/555555555-1.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=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PEOPLE OF DNIPRO<\/strong> 3&#8242; Mykyta Lyskov, Ukraine, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0412\u0456\u0434\u0435\u043e \u0441\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0430\u0454\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u0437 \u0444\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0444\u0456\u0439, \u044f\u043a\u0456 \u044f \u0437\u043d\u0430\u0439\u0448\u043e\u0432 \u0443 \u0431\u0443\u0434\u0438\u043d\u043a\u0443 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0457\u0445 \u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0447\u0456\u0432 \u0443 \u043c\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0456 \u0414\u043d\u0456\u043f\u0440\u043e, \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 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%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/coming-back-stills-Still_2026-01-30_114358_1.41.1_1-2-1-edited-1024x413.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/coming-back-stills-Still_2026-01-30_114358_1.41.1_1-2-1-edited-1024x413.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/coming-back-stills-Still_2026-01-30_114358_1.41.1_1-2-1-edited-300x121.webp 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/coming-back-stills-Still_2026-01-30_114358_1.41.1_1-2-1-edited-768x310.webp 768w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/coming-back-stills-Still_2026-01-30_114358_1.41.1_1-2-1-edited-1536x620.webp 1536w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/coming-back-stills-Still_2026-01-30_114358_1.41.1_1-2-1-edited.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=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>COME BACK<\/strong> 9&#8242; Anton Proza, Ukraine, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zyma, an exhausted Ukrainian soldier, leaves the war and his unit without authorization. He has decided to return home, but the road turns into a space of pressure, where every phone call forces him to justify his choice again and again. His commander, battalion commander, and fellow soldiers try to stop him through fear, threats, a sense of duty, and their shared combat past.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 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%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/106_-1024x614.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/106_-1024x614.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/106_-300x180.webp 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/106_-767x460.webp 767w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/106_-1536x922.webp 1536w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/106_.webp 1800w\" 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=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HOMECOMING<\/strong> 19&#8242; Yarema Malashchuk, Roman Khimei, Ukraine, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few years after fleeing Ukraine following the Russian invasion, a boy returns home via a robotic dog, his mechanical avatar, which he controls from his room in Poland. Through this remote presence, he relives memories and reconnects with his past \u2014 a connection that now depends on a fragile video stream that could be cut off at any moment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 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%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/vlcsnap-2026-05-12-15h33m11s693-2-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/vlcsnap-2026-05-12-15h33m11s693-2-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/vlcsnap-2026-05-12-15h33m11s693-2-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/vlcsnap-2026-05-12-15h33m11s693-2-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/vlcsnap-2026-05-12-15h33m11s693-2-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/vlcsnap-2026-05-12-15h33m11s693-2.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=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SAMUEL BAYER: BEYOND THE FRAME <\/strong>19&#8242; Dmytro Hreshko, Ukraine, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At 63, Samuel Bayer, the music video director for Nirvana and David Bowie, has seen almost everything. But a chance meeting with the soldiers of the Cultural Forces proves to be a true awakening. Facing his fears head-on, he travels to Ukraine to make a film about the people he has just met. What was planned as a standard documentary shoot will forever transform Bayer\u2019s perspective on the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 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%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/a-WhatsApp_Image_2026-05-05_at_22.13.21-1-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/a-WhatsApp_Image_2026-05-05_at_22.13.21-1-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/a-WhatsApp_Image_2026-05-05_at_22.13.21-1-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/a-WhatsApp_Image_2026-05-05_at_22.13.21-1-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/a-WhatsApp_Image_2026-05-05_at_22.13.21-1-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/a-WhatsApp_Image_2026-05-05_at_22.13.21-1.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=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A DAY IN THE LIFE OF TATARIN<\/strong> 22&#8242; Artem Iurchenko, Ukraine, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In eastern Ukraine, a group of newly mobilized men arrives at the training grounds of the 225th Assault Regiment. Only weeks earlier, they were living ordinary civilian lives. Now they must learn to carry weapons, move as a unit, obey orders, endure cold, exhaustion, mud, fear, and adapt to the unfamiliar language of war. At first, they are little more than strangers brought together by circumstance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 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%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FerryFlows_Still5-min-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FerryFlows_Still5-min-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FerryFlows_Still5-min-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FerryFlows_Still5-min-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FerryFlows_Still5-min-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FerryFlows_Still5-min.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=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>THE FERRY FLOWS<\/strong> 18&#8242;, Zhora Papoian, Ukraine, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A grey-haired music teacher from a small, yet picturesque Ukrainian island prepares his tiny brass ensemble for a spring concert with a song called &#8220;Draw me the night&#8221;. Soldier funerals come to town, turning him into a military conductor. A ferry that carried city residents through the Dniester River is now drawing night after night.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project is supported by Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lviv International Film Festival Wiz-Art invites to the screening of non-competition films. Screening date:\u00a0September 27, 2:00 Screening location:&nbsp;Bohdan Khmelnytsky Culture and Recreation Park, 51 Vitovskoho str. The admission is free of charge. 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