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SUMMARY:Varta: The Daily War in Ukraine
DTSTAMP:20260721T204807Z
DTSTART:20260920T173000Z
DESCRIPTION:In VARTA the daily reality of the war in Ukraine becomes real a
	nd tangible. The\nscreening is followed by a conversation with the film ma
	kers and writer Jaap\nScholten.\n\nIn the documentary series VARTA\, Evgen
	 Matvienko and Mariana Shafro\, together\nwith their collective Neutrino\,
	 film the lives of Ukrainian soldiers: pilots\,\ntank crews\, helicopter p
	ilots\, women in combat. It’s a honest depiction of the\nwar: the silence 
	between missions\, the discomfort\, the humor\, the grief. VARTA\nhas been
	 shown at Tate Modern and Les Rencontres d’Arles.\n\nThe screening of frag
	ments of this documentary series is followed by\nconversation with Evgen M
	atvienko and Shafro. How do you film at the frontline?\nWhat does it mean 
	to build a cultural archive of your country in war time?\n\nThey are joine
	d by Dutch writer Jaap Scholten\, who has crossed into Ukraine\nagain and 
	again since 2022 with Protect Ukraine\, the aid organisation he founded\nt
	o supply the Ukrainian army. His books Drie zakken dameskleding\, twee cak
	es\nKyiv en een sniper and Nastya in Charkiv are built from the front\, fr
	om the\npeople he has met there.
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/varta-the-daily-war-in-ukraine
GEO:52.3630433;4.8828596
LOCATION:De Balie - Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10\, 1017 RR Amsterdam
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,books,documentary,film,geopolitiek & mensenrec
	hten,leidseplein
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>In VARTA the daily reality of the w
	ar in Ukraine becomes real and tangible. The screening is followed by a co
	nversation with the film makers and writer Jaap Scholten.</strong></p> <p>
	In the documentary series VARTA, Evgen Matvienko and Mariana Shafro, toget
	her with their collective Neutrino, film the lives of Ukrainian soldiers: 
	pilots, tank crews, helicopter pilots, women in combat. It’s a honest depi
	ction of the war: the silence between missions, the discomfort, the humor,
	 the grief. VARTA has been shown at Tate Modern and Les Rencontres d’Arles
	.</p> <p>The screening of fragments of this documentary series is followed
	 by conversation with Evgen Matvienko and Shafro. How do you film at the f
	rontline? What does it mean to build a cultural archive of your country in
	 war time?</p> <p>They are joined by Dutch writer Jaap Scholten, who has c
	rossed into Ukraine again and again since 2022 with Protect Ukraine, the a
	id organisation he founded to supply the Ukrainian army. His books <em>Dri
	e zakken dameskleding</em>, <em>twee cakes Kyiv en een sniper</em> and <em
	>Nastya in Charkiv</em> are built from the front, from the people he has m
	et there.</p>
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