The Oscar cinema in the Gulliver shopping center in the capital hosted a pre-premiere screening of the new film by cult American director Jim Jarmusch, Father Mother Sister Brother, ahead of its wide release in Ukraine, Olga Levkun, a journalist from the Culture Department of the Interfax-Ukraine agency, reports from the scene.
The film is a comedy-drama structured as three novellas that explore the complex relationships between loved ones—parents and children, brothers and sisters—as well as themes of family memory, alienation, and the search for emotional intimacy. The film combines Jarmusch’s trademark irony with intimate psychological drama and the director’s signature aesthetic.
The film features world-renowned actors, including Cate Blanchett, Adam Driver, Charlotte Rampling, Vicky Krieps, Tom Waits, Mayim Bialik, Sarah Green, India Moore, and Luca Sabbat.
The film had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, where it won the top prize, the Golden Lion. After the festival screening, the film received widespread international acclaim and positive reviews from critics, who praised Jarmusch’s direction, the actors’ performances, and the screenplay structure.
The pre-premiere screening in Kyiv took place on the eve of the film’s Ukrainian release and brought together representatives of the cultural community, the film industry, and the media.
According to reports, the film will be released in Ukraine on February 26.
Jim Jarmusch is one of the most influential directors in American independent cinema, the author of cult films such as Dead Man, Paterson, Broken Flowers, Only Lovers Left Alive, and others. His works have repeatedly received awards at Cannes, Venice, and other international film festivals.
11-year-old Ukrainian Roman Oleksiv, who survived a Russian missile strike on Vinnytsia in 2022, received the international Cinema for Peace Honorary Dove award during the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), Roman and his father Yaroslav announced on Facebook.
“This award is not just about Roman. It is about all Ukrainian children who grow up to the sound of sirens,” said the boy’s father.
Roman received the award at the Cinema for Peace charity event for the documentary film Children in the Fire by director Yevgeny Afineevsky, which tells his story. The event takes place annually during the Berlinale and is dedicated to global conflicts and humanitarian crises.
Roman suffered severe injuries during a Russian missile strike on Vinnytsia, which killed his mother. The boy underwent dozens of operations and lengthy rehabilitation, but managed to return to his studies, creative work, and public activities, becoming a symbol of the resilience of Ukrainian children.
Roman has previously spoken at the European Parliament and received awards in Ukraine for his courage and strength of spirit.
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) recognized the documentary film “2000 Meters to Andriivka” by Ukrainian director and journalist Mstislav Chernov with its award, according to a post on the Facebook page of the Ukrainian State Film Agency on Sunday.
“The film chronicles the events of the war in Ukraine and focuses on the fighting during the Ukrainian counteroffensive. In the film, Mstislav Chernov and photographer Alexander Babenko follow Ukrainian soldiers, capturing the reality of life in the trenches, heavy fighting, and the personal stories of defenders on the front lines. The cameras convey the immediate experience of war — from tense combat episodes to personal moments,“ the statement said.
It is noted that this is Chernov’s second DGA award. The director previously received this award for the documentary film ”20 Days in Mariupol.”
“The Directors Guild of America Award is yet another confirmation of the international recognition of Ukrainian documentary cinema and the world community’s attention to the events of the war in Ukraine,” the State Film Agency noted.
According to Serbian Economist, two notable premieres are expected in Serbian cinemas in January: the family teen film “The Second Diary of Paulina P.” by Croatian director Neven Hitrec and the historical drama “Two Prosecutors” by Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa.
The sequel to The Diary of Paulina P. will be released in Serbian cinemas on January 22. In the plot, the main character Paulina is now 11 years old and faces new challenges at school and at home.
Loznitsa’s film “Two Prosecutors” reportedly hit Serbian screens in early January. The film is based on the novella of the same name by Georgy Demidov and tells a story set in the USSR in 1937 against the backdrop of the Stalin era.
Two Prosecutors had its world premiere in Cannes and was awarded the Golden Tower as the best film in the main competition program of the 32nd European Film Festival in Palić.
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The 2026 budget proposes to allocate UAH 4 billion to the production of Ukrainian films, according to Yevheniia Kravchuk, deputy chair of the parliamentary committee on humanitarian and information policy (Servant of the People faction).
“Next year, as part of the Ukrainian president’s ”1,000 Hours of Ukrainian Content” program, the state budget will finance the production of domestic content for all age groups. It is proposed to allocate UAH 4 billion for this purpose… This includes feature films, documentaries, cartoons, and the production of YouTube videos,” Kravchuk was quoted as saying by the press service of the Verkhovna Rada.
According to her, content for children has been allocated to a separate category, where the state will finance 100% of production.
“This refers not only to cartoons as such, but also to content for social networks, because children, especially teenagers, have a completely different content consumption structure. They watch videos on YouTube or short clips on social networks, and products will be created for them that will tell them about history and certain works of school literature, but everything will be presented in an interesting way. This is also necessary,” the MP emphasized.
She also noted that the Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy has proposed that the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications add translations of popular games into Ukrainian to the list.
Mstislav Chernov’s “20 Days in Mariupol” won in the Best Feature Documentary category of the Academy Awards, according to the Associated Press.
At the awards ceremony, Mstislav Chernov took the stage to collect his award.
“Movies shape memories, and memories shape history,” Chernov said.
The Associated Press and PBS “Frontline” team that produced the documentary received a standing ovation from the audience. This is the first Oscar for both Ukraine and the Associated Press.
“20 Days in Mariupol” chronicles the first weeks of fighting in Mariupol in the Donetsk region during Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Director and photographer Mstislav Chernov, photographer Eugene Maloletka and producer and journalist Vasilisa Stepanenko worked on the movie. They were the last journalists to cover the beginning of Russia’s destruction of Mariupol, for which all three won the Pulitzer Prize.
The movie became the highest-grossing documentary in Ukraine last year, collecting 500 thousand UAH only for the first weekend of distribution.
As reported, the documentary “20 Days in Mariupol” won the BAFTA award of the British Academy.
