PROGRAM

IV CARPATHIAN MOUNTAIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

(CMIFF)

21/09/2023, THURSDAY
18:00 Opening of the film festival and screening of the documentary film "King Lear: how we looked
for love during the war." Directed by Dmytro Hreshko (Ukraine, 2023, 93 min). Discussion of the film
with the director and characters of the film (Puppet Theatre “BAVKA")
21:00 Competition program: documentary film "Alpenland." Directed by Robert Schabus (Austria,
2022, 88 min). (Puppet Theatre "BAVKA")

22/09/2023, FRIDAY
15:00 "Cinema during the War". Panel discussion with the participation of representatives of the
authorities, film industry and film commissions of Ukraine. (Transcarpathian Academy of Arts)
17:00 Lecture "Shoot and Affect: the Role of Documentary Film in Society", Yuliia Kovalenko –
candidate of cultural studies, film critic, programmer of the Docudays UA International Documentary Film
Festival on Human Rights (Transcarpathian Academy of Arts)
17:00 Workshop "How to Get Ready for the First Hike" by Yuliia Lampeka, representative of the sports
clothing and equipment store Gorgany. (Puppet Theatre "BAVKA")
19:00 Competition program: documentary film “Adam Ondra: Pushing the Limits.” Directed by Jan
Simanek, Petr Zaruba (Czech Republic, Italy, 2022, 77 min) (Puppet Theatre "BAVKA")
21:00 Competition program: documentary film “Polonina, My Dream.” Directed by Robert Żurakowski
(Poland, 2022, 83 min) (Puppet Theatre "BAVKA")

23/09/2023, SATURDAY
12:00 Panel discussion "The State of Ecology in the Carpathian Region during the War". Speakers:
Olesia Morgunets-Isaienko (director of the film "Cry, my river"), Ivanna Trofymenko (NGO "Chysto.De"),
Oksana Stankevych-Volosianchuk (NGO "Ekosphere"), Oleksandr Koval ("Free Svydovets")
(Transcarpathian Academy of Arts)
13:00 Non-Competition program. Non-Competition program of current short films (91 min),
15:00 Competition program: short documentaries "Part I: Sports" (70 min)
Discussion of films with directors. (Puppet Theatre "BAVKA")
17:00 Non-Competition program. “Cry, my river.” Directed by Olesia Morhunets-Isaienko. (Ukraine,
2023, 80 min). Discussion of the film with the director. (Puppet Theatre "BAVKA")
19:00 Competition program: Short feature films (83 min) Discussion of films with directors. (Puppet
Theatre "BAVKA")
21:00 Competition program: documentary film “We Will Not Fade Away.” Directed by Alisa Kovalenko
(Ukraine, France, Poland, 2022, 88 min) (Puppet Theatre "BAVKA")

24/09/2023, SUNDAY
12:00 Lecture "Experience of Tourist Guides during the War". Speakers: Mariia Zabolotna and
Kostiantyn Balabanov (Transcarpathian Academy of Arts)
13:30 Competition program: Short animated films (58 min) (Puppet Theatre "BAVKA")
15:00 Competition program: Short documentary films "Part II: Society" (81 min)
16:30 Competition program: documentary film “Mountain Guides.” Directed by Pavol Barabas
(Slovakia, 2022, 68 min) (Puppet Theatre "BAVKA")
18:00 Non-Competition program: “Bandits of the Ballad.” Directed by Vladimír Morávek (Czech
Republic, Slovakia, 2022, 84 min), discussion of the film with the director. (Puppet Theatre "BAVKA")
20:00 Closing of the film festival, announcement of the winners of the film contest and the photo
contest. Screening of the closing documentary film “Three Women.” Directed by Maksym Melnyk
(Germany, 2022, 84 min) (Puppet Theatre "BAVKA")