{"id":999,"date":"2025-08-16T12:47:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T09:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betafeature.com\/wiz\/?p=999"},"modified":"2025-09-13T14:38:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T11:38:16","slug":"we-are-alive-opening-films-wiz-art-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/en\/program\/we-are-alive-opening-films-wiz-art-2025-999\/","title":{"rendered":"Balconies of Time: Opening Films Wiz-Art 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Opening Ceremony: An introduction by art critic Borys Filonenko, followed by a screening of the opening films. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event starts on September 17 at 6:30 PM at Lviv Art Palace, 17 Kopernyka str. Doors open at 6:00 PM for a welcome drink. <a href=\"https:\/\/ticketclub.com.ua\/event\/6125\/?session=16124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tickets are here<\/a><\/p>\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-image999_8a5869-b7 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image999_8a5869-b7 size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The_Soil_on_which_we_stand02-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The_Soil_on_which_we_stand02-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The_Soil_on_which_we_stand02-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The_Soil_on_which_we_stand02-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The_Soil_on_which_we_stand02-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The_Soil_on_which_we_stand02.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>THE SOIL, WHICH CONNECTS US <\/strong>\/\/ 8 min., Richard Marx, Germany, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this movie Dmytro Dokunov and Richard Marx explore the question of the different realities which take play simultaneously, Richards in Berlin and Dmytro&#8217;s at the frontline in Ukraine. How you have to change your own perception of reality? How the perception of your surounding will be changed too? The nature in which they live looks almost identical but war is fundamentally changing the view.<\/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-image999_28407a-1f .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image999_28407a-1f size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/we-made-a-film-1024x540.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/we-made-a-film-1024x540.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/we-made-a-film-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/we-made-a-film-768x405.webp 768w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/we-made-a-film-1536x810.webp 1536w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/we-made-a-film.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>WE MADE A FILM<\/strong> \/\/ 14 min., Tota Alves, Portugal, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maria In\u00eas experiences the first breezes of love during a summer vacation. Accompanied by her friends, she strolls through the neighborhood where she lives, spending her time between beads and the filming of a movie.<\/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-image999_073576-7c .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image999_073576-7c size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/too-close-1024x436.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/too-close-1024x436.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/too-close-300x128.webp 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/too-close-768x327.webp 768w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/too-close-1536x654.webp 1536w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/too-close.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>TOO CLOSE<\/strong> \/\/ 12 min., Eugene Slupchuk, Ukraine, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two friends return from a party and stay at the home of one of them. It would seem like an ordinary cozy evening but suddenly the heroes are caught in an air raid.<\/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-image999_b3a532-b3 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image999_b3a532-b3 size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/orbituary-1024x577.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/orbituary-1024x577.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/orbituary-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/orbituary-768x433.webp 768w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/orbituary-1536x866.webp 1536w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/orbituary.webp 1916w\" 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>OBITUARY SERVICE FOR YOU<\/strong> \/\/ 12 min., Mar\u00eda Salafranca, Cuba, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This film is a tour of the funeral home in a small Cuban town led by Maurilio and Fidela, driver and assistant on duty, who have been preparing the corpses for 17 years in the same space where they live their lives and their love.<\/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-image999_ff3978-93 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image999_ff3978-93 size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Trailer_SUNNY_TAKFLIX_9x16_v2.00_13_51_16.Still009-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Trailer_SUNNY_TAKFLIX_9x16_v2.00_13_51_16.Still009-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Trailer_SUNNY_TAKFLIX_9x16_v2.00_13_51_16.Still009-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Trailer_SUNNY_TAKFLIX_9x16_v2.00_13_51_16.Still009-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Trailer_SUNNY_TAKFLIX_9x16_v2.00_13_51_16.Still009-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Trailer_SUNNY_TAKFLIX_9x16_v2.00_13_51_16.Still009-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" 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>WHERE RUSSIA ENDS<\/strong> \/\/ 20 min., Oleksiy Radynski, Ukraine, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the late 1980ies, a team of Ukrainian filmmakers from the Science Film Studio in Kyiv made a series of film expeditions to remote parts of Siberia. Their forgotten film reels had been rediscovered in Kyiv in 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This was the starting point for a film essay that interrogates Russian imperialism, environmental destruction, and the ongoing oppression of indigenous peoples in Russia\u2019s colonies.<\/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-image999_695516-9d .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image999_695516-9d size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BRIGHT_WHITE_LIGHT_still_2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BRIGHT_WHITE_LIGHT_still_2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BRIGHT_WHITE_LIGHT_still_2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BRIGHT_WHITE_LIGHT_still_2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BRIGHT_WHITE_LIGHT_still_2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wiz-art.ua\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BRIGHT_WHITE_LIGHT_still_2.jpg 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>BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT <\/strong>\/\/ 14 min., Henna V\u00e4lkky, Eesu Lehtola, Finland, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bright White Light is a short animated documentary exploring near-death experiences through five culturally diverse narratives, using real audio recordings. Through experimental visuals, it guides viewers on a transcendent voyage beyond mortality, unveiling how these experiences profoundly impact the essence of life, blurring the boundaries between existence and the mysteries of the afterlife.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Come to our balconies of time, September 17, Lviv Art Palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project is implemented with the support of the Ukrainian State Film Agency, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zmin.foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ZMIN Foundation<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americahouselviv.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">America House Lviv.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Festival partners: M-Rental, Avalon, Suspilne Kultura, Megogo, ShoTam, NGO &#8220;Contemporary Ukrainian Cinema&#8221;, WHAT IF, <a href=\"https:\/\/horska-zaretskyi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Alla Horska and Viktor Zaretsky Foundation&#8221;.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opening Ceremony: An introduction by art critic Borys Filonenko, followed by a screening of the opening films. 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