Bouquinistes

Program:

Ukrainian premieres

Year:

2023

Country:

Poland, Ukraine

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

50’

For many years, bouqunistes in Kyiv save books from rain and cold. Each of them has their own story — someone lost a teacher’s job in the harsh 1990s and someone came to work here after retiring. When the Russian invasion begins, they are left with questions about Russian heritage, imperial myths, and their past.

Schedule

Tetiana Hanzha

Studied History of Literature and Comparative Studies at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. During 2020-2022 Tetiana participated in different documentary labs, including the Documentary Film Lab for Young Filmmakers Indie Lab; Young Europe (Poland), where she worked on the film BOUQUINISTES. In 2022, she studied in the International Class at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Germany) where she developed the project WOMEN OCCUPIED (working title).

Filmography: Книжки проти асфальту (2020), Книголови (2024)

Creative team

Director

Tetiana Hanzha

Screenplay

Tetiana Hanzha

Camera

Olena Kyrychenko, Lisa Pyrozhkova, Roman Poliakov, Oleksandr Portian

Editing

Barbara Fronc

Producer

Miroslaw Dembinski