16 screenings and 2 events at Zhovten and Budynok Kino — day seven of the 55th Molodist.
Why tomorrow is worth it:
- Lav Diaz straight from Venice: Let us through, dear ancestors, a colonial epic set in the Philippines in 1617.
- Mahnaz Mohammadi’s Roya — a film by a member of the International Jury, Berlinale 2026.
- Kai Stänicke’s Trial of Hein — Teddy Jury Award at the Berlinale, in the full-length competition.
- Maryna Nikitina’s Women Around Me — three women and the war.
- Mariia Ponomarova’s Patronymic in block UA4 — the Short Cuts competition in Toronto.
Films of the day
10:30 · Lemonade (Full-length Films)
Dir. Kim Bartley · Buy ticket
A second chance: after a fatal mistake, teenage Danny is mentored by the social worker who once failed him.
12:45 · Our Father (Full-length Films)
Dir. Goran Stankovic · Buy ticket
A monastery as rehab: Dejan becomes the priest’s right-hand man until the methods turn radical.
13:00 · Watch You Rise (Documentary competition)
Dir. Isabella Grace Cohn · Buy ticket
A camera as witness: a young filmmaker turns to her mother, her peers and herself to talk about sexual assault.
13:15 · Out There (Teen Screen)
Dir. Simon Ryninks
Wales, 1999: a 16-year-old is convinced aliens abducted her father and enlists a local UFO expert.
15:00 · Let us through, dear ancestors (Special Events)
Dir. Lav Diaz · Buy ticket
- The Philippines, 1617: a Spanish friar rules an island with an iron fist — Lav Diaz’s colonial epic.
- World premiere at Venice 2026, out of competition.
15:30 · Erratics (FORMA)
Dir. Thomas Woodroffe · Buy ticket
A filmmaker’s ghost in Patagonia: freed after a century in a glacier, Lucien Castelnau drifts through a futuristic world.
15:45 · Filipiñana (Full-length Films)
Dir. Rafael Manuel · Buy ticket
- A lost golf club leads a 17-year-old worker at an elite club near Manila to violent truths.
- Special Jury Award for Creative Vision at Sundance 2026; also screened at the Berlinale.
16:00 · Everyone's Sorry Nowadays (Teen Screen, free admission)
Dir. Frederike Migom · Get a ticket
A hot day and a favorite actress: a girl ignored by her parents meets Billie King.
18:00 · Roya (Special Events)
Dir. Mahnaz Mohammadi · Buy ticket
- A three-square-meter cell: an imprisoned teacher must choose between a forced TV confession and staying behind bars.
- Berlinale Panorama 2026; director Mahnaz Mohammadi sits on Molodist’s International Jury.
18:00 · Even If We Are Islands (Documentary competition)
Dir. Cristina Rodríguez Paz · Buy ticket
The last lighthouse keepers: a filmmaker in crisis sets out to find them — and herself.
18:15 · Low Expectations (Scandinavian Panorama)
Dir. Eivind Landsvik · Buy ticket
After the peak: singer Maja moves back home and works at a school — a quiet story of recovery.
19:00 · Women Around Me (Ukrainian Premieres)
Dir. Maryna Nikitina · Buy ticket
Three women and the war: one searches for a fiancé who is probably held captive, another adapts to her husband’s amputation.
20:30 · Chronovisor (FORMA)
Dir. Jack Auen, Kevin Walker
A technology that photographs the past: an armchair mystery about a reclusive academic.
20:30 · Trial of Hein (Full-length Films)
Dir. Kai Stänicke · Buy ticket
- A trial for the one who returned: after 14 years, Hein’s island refuses to recognize him.
- Teddy Jury Award at the Berlinale 2026.
National Competition
11 films in two blocks
- UA3 · 10:30 (Zhovten, Anschlag Hall): Before Dawn, Graduation 2026, Giant, I Do Not See When Shooting, HOME TV. Buy ticket
- UA4 · 20:00 (Zhovten, Kinoman Hall): On the shield, The Foreboding, Patronymic, Inside, vortex, your_tomorrow_will_never_come.mp4. Buy ticket
- Mariia Ponomarova’s Patronymic was selected for the Short Cuts competition in Toronto.
Events of the day
- 13:00 · Masterclass with Xavier Henry-Rashid: International Film Distribution – How Sales Agents Work — Speakers: Xavier Henri-Rachid. House of Cinema (Blue Hall), Saksahanskoho str. 6 · English. Register
- 14:30 · Panel Discussion: From International Interest to Domestic Distribution: Where Does Ukrainian Cinema Stand Today? — Speakers: Nataliya Movshovych, Xavier Henri-Rachid, Olha Bregman, Tasia Puhach, Denys Ivanov. House of Cinema (Blue Hall), Saksahanskoho str. 6 · English. Register
