{"id":1527,"date":"2025-12-07T15:25:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T15:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmafest.org\/?page_id=1527"},"modified":"2025-12-29T11:41:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:41:00","slug":"conversations-en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/en\/conversations-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-53858c6\" data-block-id=\"53858c6\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-53858c6-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-dde0ddc\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"dde0ddc\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:690px){.stk-dde0ddc {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 calc(15% - var(--stk-column-gap, 0px) * 2 \/ 3 ) !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-dde0ddc-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-dde0ddc-inner-blocks\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-7949918\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"7949918\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:690px){.stk-7949918 {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 calc(70% - var(--stk-column-gap, 0px) * 2 \/ 3 ) !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-7949918-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-7949918-inner-blocks\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conversations<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-abba0426 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conversation-sara-wylie-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"portrait of Sara Wylie\" class=\"has-border-color has-palette-color-2-border-color wp-image-1522\" style=\"border-width:2px;border-top-left-radius:24px;border-top-right-radius:24px;border-bottom-left-radius:24px;border-bottom-right-radius:24px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conversation-sara-wylie-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conversation-sara-wylie-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conversation-sara-wylie-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conversation-sara-wylie.jpg 1280w\" 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\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/conversations\/conversation-sara-wylie\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1505\">The only way to survive is to rely on our communities<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A conversation with Sara Wylie on cinema, disability and the power of communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/en\/conversations-en\/conversation-sara-wylie-en\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-abba0426 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conversation-marianna-fumai-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Portraint of Marianna Fumai\" class=\"has-border-color has-palette-color-2-border-color wp-image-1561\" style=\"border-width:2px;border-top-left-radius:24px;border-top-right-radius:24px;border-bottom-left-radius:24px;border-bottom-right-radius:24px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conversation-marianna-fumai-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conversation-marianna-fumai-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conversation-marianna-fumai-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conversation-marianna-fumai.jpg 1280w\" 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\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/en\/conversations-en\/conversation-marianna-fumai-en\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1557\"><strong>Abortions remain a geopolitical battleground<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>For me, audiovisual media is a tool for social change. Cinema reflects the world we live in, and documentary films expose distortions and injustices.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/en\/conversations-en\/conversation-marianna-fumai-en\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-abba0426 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conversation-the-repressed-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"portrait of the directors\" class=\"has-border-color has-palette-color-2-border-color wp-image-1598\" style=\"border-width:2px;border-top-left-radius:24px;border-top-right-radius:24px;border-bottom-left-radius:24px;border-bottom-right-radius:24px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conversation-the-repressed-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conversation-the-repressed-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conversation-the-repressed-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conversation-the-repressed.jpg 1280w\" 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\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/en\/conversations-en\/conversation-the-repressed-en\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1595\"><strong>The Repressed is a film about the lives of homeless people in Odesa, serving as a political manifesto<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A conversation with Marina Ya and Kostyantyn Maleonyuk about their film <em>The Repressed <\/em>and the Odesa anti-authoritarian initiative SAD, whose activities focus on providing direct assistance to homeless people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/en\/conversations-en\/conversation-the-repressed-en\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-abba0426 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conversation-kit-portrait-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"portrait of the film director\" class=\"has-border-color has-palette-color-2-border-color wp-image-1617\" style=\"border-width:2px;border-top-left-radius:24px;border-top-right-radius:24px;border-bottom-left-radius:24px;border-bottom-right-radius:24px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conversation-kit-portrait-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conversation-kit-portrait-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conversation-kit-portrait-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conversation-kit-portrait.jpg 1440w\" 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\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/en\/conversations-en\/conversation-kit-blamire-en\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1614\"><strong><strong>To crack the numbness of capitalism<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A conversation with Kit Blamire on solidarity and collective creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/en\/conversations-en\/conversation-kit-blamire-en\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-abba0426 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conversation-natalia-portrait-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"portrait of Nataliia Torlina\" class=\"has-border-color has-palette-color-2-border-color wp-image-1618\" style=\"border-width:2px;border-top-left-radius:24px;border-top-right-radius:24px;border-bottom-left-radius:24px;border-bottom-right-radius:24px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conversation-natalia-portrait-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conversation-natalia-portrait-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conversation-natalia-portrait-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/conversation-natalia-portrait.jpg 1440w\" 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\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/en\/conversations-en\/conversation-nataliia-torlina-en\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1624\"><strong><strong><strong>\u201cWe have the right to everything that people need\u201d: how HIV activism unites different areas of human rights work<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/a> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nataliia Torlina, a regional coordinator of the public organisation Positive Women of Kryvyi Rih, told Yana Dzyga, a member of the Filma collective, about her HIV activism and human rights work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/en\/conversations-en\/conversation-nataliia-torlina-en\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-abba0426 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/portrait-layma-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"portrait of Layma Geydar\" class=\"has-border-color has-palette-color-2-border-color wp-image-1660\" style=\"border-width:2px;border-top-left-radius:24px;border-top-right-radius:24px;border-bottom-left-radius:24px;border-bottom-right-radius:24px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/portrait-layma-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/portrait-layma-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/portrait-layma-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/portrait-layma.jpg 1280w\" 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\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/en\/conversations-en\/conversation-layma-geydar-en\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1673\"><strong><strong><strong>Being an Activist in Ukraine: Layma Geydar and the Start of Feminist, Lesbian and HIV Activism of the early 2000s<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A conversation with Layma Geydar, an HIV activist and founder of the Women\u2019s Network information and education centre, one of the first lesbian feminist organizations that has significantly contributed to the development of the feminist and LGBT movement in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/en\/conversations-en\/conversation-layma-geydar-en\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-2ff9ecc\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"2ff9ecc\"><style>@media screen and 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