Category: culture

MONATIK released a mini-album written during the war

The record was called “ART Defense”. Ukrainian musician Dmytro Monatyk presented the album “ART Defense “, recorded during the full-scale invasion of Russia. In social networks, the artist called the album “a personal story of the war, which, unfortunately, continues”. Read also: Kalush Orchestra presented a music video for the song “Stephania” “Everyone's history of…

“Postcards from Ukraine”: a special project will tell the world about destroyed cultural objects

In total, about 100 postcards will be issued. The Ukrainian Institute together with USAID launched an international campaign ” Postcards from Ukraine”, which will show the world the destroyed sights of our country. The purpose of the campaign is to talk about the damage to Ukrainian culture caused by the bombing and shelling by the…

The film “Day of the Ukrainian Volunteer” was celebrated at Sheffield Doc/Fest in Britain

“I shot this film in order to capture the mundaneness of war, the surreality of the images that appear on the verge of the apocalypse,” says director Volodymyr Tykhi. The first full-length film from the “Babylon'13” union about a new round of war called “Day of the Ukrainian Volunteer” was presented at Sheffield Doc/Fest in…

UNESCO included borscht in the list of intangible cultural heritage

Russians tried to appropriate this Ukrainian dish. Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage at the request The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine included the element “Culture of making Ukrainian borscht” in the UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage that needs immediate protection. Oleksandr Tkachenko, the Minister of Culture and…

A digital library of modern drama translations has been created in Ukraine

This will allow directors to find Ukrainian plays for productions in different parts of the world. Ukrainian Institute launches Ukrainian Drama Translations library for distribution modern Ukrainian plays in the world. According to the creators of the project, this will allow directors and producers to find quality translations of plays and contacts of rights holders…