{"id":568,"date":"2025-10-22T12:16:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.filmafest.org\/?page_id=568"},"modified":"2025-12-17T09:11:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T09:11:00","slug":"about-us-en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/en\/about-us-en\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"http:\/\/test.filmafest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/about-us-image-1024x512.png\" alt=\"festival logo\" class=\"wp-image-635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/about-us-image-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/about-us-image-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/about-us-image-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/archive.filmafest.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/about-us-image.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-8f0fd61\" data-block-id=\"8f0fd61\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-8f0fd61-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-a22e313\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"a22e313\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:690px){.stk-a22e313 {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 calc(16% - var(--stk-column-gap, 0px) * 2 \/ 3 ) !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-a22e313-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-a22e313-inner-blocks\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-9378de1\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"9378de1\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:690px){.stk-9378de1 {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 calc(68% - var(--stk-column-gap, 0px) * 2 \/ 3 ) !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-9378de1-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-9378de1-inner-blocks\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FILMA. FEMINIST FILM FESTIVAL<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the 1920s, a \u00abmotion picture\u00bb was called both \u00abfilm\u00bb and \u00abfilma\u00bb (in Ukrainian, the noun \u00abfilm\u00bb is masculine while the ending \u00aba\u00bb makes it feminine). There were even public debates about which form of the word was more correct. Gradually, the feminine \u00abfilma\u00bb dwindled out of use. One hundred years later, we have decided to name our festival Filma in an attempt to show that for us the question of what cinema is and what it can be remains open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We call ourselves Filma because cinema can be a co-creative process, with equal opportunities for all participants, instead of the strict top-down favored by privileged directors. We call ourselves Filma because cinema can be less pro-government and more politically aware, less predatory, and more sensitive to humans and non-humans. We call ourselves Filma because cinema can be less red carpet\/celebrity culture-oriented, and more inclusive and socially responsible. We call ourselves Filma because it is important for us to think about the possibilities and responsibilities of cinema in the long run, together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<strong>festival&nbsp;<\/strong>was created by a feminist collective as a collaborative platform for films that meet the principles of intersectional feminism, anti-racism, anti-colonialism, inclusion, and a culture of consent. Conversations with the authors and protagonists of the films, as well as researchers and activists, are an integral part of the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Non-hierarchical approach<\/strong>. The festival is non-competitive and open to films of all formats, runtimes, and genres: features, documentaries, animated and experimental films can be shown in thematic programs. All films, from debuts and experimental work to \u00abclassics\u00bb, we consider as equal. We try to pay more attention to feminist themes, and methods of creating feminist cinema, and to develop mutual support among like-minded people, regardless of the forms we work with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Accessibility<\/strong>. The festival is a 100% online event. Majority of films available worldwide and free of charge. The discussions are available worldwide. The films are shown in the original language with Ukrainian and English subtitles (SDH). Audio descriptions will be available for some films. The working languages of the discussions are English and Ukrainian, with two-way translation and a translation into Ukrainian sign language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Safety.<\/strong>&nbsp;We aim to create a space free of misogyny, transphobia, racism, heterosexism, ableism, and other forms of oppression. A space where it is possible to find points of intersection between the needs of all vulnerable groups, mutual understanding, and support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Credits:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Names are listed in alphabetical order<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Filma collective:<\/strong> geo, Svitlana Shymko, Ira Tantsiura<br><strong>Coordinator of translation:<\/strong> Zhenia Perutska<br><strong>SMM-manager:<\/strong> Ivanna Prokopchuk<br><strong>PR-manager:<\/strong> Yana Dzyga<br><strong>Financial manager:<\/strong> Olena Medvid<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Co-curator of the Cripping, Living, Loving program: <\/strong>Bec Miriam<br><strong>Co-curator of the Taking Care of Yourself, Taking Care of Everyone program: <\/strong>Cheryl Chabaniuk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Illustrations:<\/strong> Ivanna Prokopchuk<br><strong>Logo: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/etchingroom1.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EtchingRoom1<\/a><br><strong>Website design: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.behance.net\/nasteyteor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nast\u2019ey Teo<\/a>, Svitlana Shymko<br><strong>Website programming:<\/strong> Svitlana Shymko<br><strong>Festival trailer:<\/strong> Svitlana Shymko<br><strong>Festival\u2019s postcards design: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/double___cherry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Double Cherry<\/a><br><strong>Festival\u2019s T-shirts<\/strong>: printed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mirno.workshop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mirno Workshop<\/a><br><strong>Portraits of the film directors:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/double___cherry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Double Cherry<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Translation: <\/strong>Andrii Antonovskyi, Iryna Hoial, Olesia Kamyshnikova, Yuliia Konopliana, Sasha Nyrka, Svitlana Panova, Zhenia Perutska, Burshtyna Tereshchenko<br><strong>SDH subtitles<\/strong>: Yuliia Konopliana, Svitlana Panova, Zhenia Perutska<br><strong>Proofreading (UKR): <\/strong>Sashko Podoliak<br><strong>Proofreading (ENG, curators&#8217; texts):<\/strong> Katya Rudyk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Texts for audiodescriptions for the films \u201cAnOther Love Story: Women &amp; AIDS\u201d, \u201cDear Lou Sullivan\u201d, \u201cFlare\u201d, \u201cOffside: An Unequal Game\u201d, \u201cPharma Infinity Dance\u201d, \u201cResistance Meditation\u201d, \u201cSpoons (After Carolyn Lazard)\u201d, \u201cThe Repressed\u201d, \u201cThere\u2019s Not Much We Can Do\u201d: <\/strong>NGO Accessible Cinema<br><strong>Audiodescription and characters (except for movies \u201cAnOther Love Story: Women &amp; AIDS\u201d, \u201cDear Lou Sullivan\u201d) voiced by:<\/strong> Double Cherry, geo, Katya Babych, Kateryna Herasymchuk, Yana Prokopchuk, Lisa Severina, Ira Tantsiura<br><strong>Sound director (except for movies \u201cAnOther Love Story: Women &amp; AIDS\u201d, \u201cDear Lou Sullivan\u201d):<\/strong> Kateryna Herasymchuk<br><strong>Audiodescription and characters for the films \u201cAnOther Love Story: Women &amp; AIDS\u201d, \u201cDear Lou Sullivan\u201d, voiced by: <\/strong>Kateryna Kachan, Andrii Mostrenko, Maksym Samchyk<br><strong>Sound director for the films \u201cAnOther Love Story: Women &amp; AIDS\u201d, \u201cDear Lou Sullivan\u201d: <\/strong>Mariia Nesterenko<br><strong>Recording: <\/strong>Studio Bob<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Special thanks to: <\/strong>Yulia Serdiukova, Nelia Vakhovska, nadiia chushak, Kateryna Babych, Dariia Badior, Ton Melnyk, Masha Ravlyk, Olha Plakhotnik, Brigid O\u2019Shea, and all our close ones and friends who support us on the way<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>With financial support from:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/rosalux.org.ua\/de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung in Ukraine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfsl.se\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RFSL<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Media partners: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.com.ua\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Commons<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/feminist.krytyka.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Feminist Critique<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hmarochos.kiev.ua\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Khmarochos<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Offline screening partners: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kp.illusion\">CULTP<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kp.illusion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">R<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kp.illusion\">OSVIT (Chernihiv)<\/a>,&nbsp; 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