On 24 February 2022, Russian troops invaded the sovereign state of Ukraine. Since that date, the Ukrainian people as a whole – government, military, civil society and countless nameless individuals – have offered a heroic and improbably successful resistance to the invaders. In recognition of this effort, the European Parliament has awarded the 2022 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to the valiant people of Ukraine. As the war drags on, reports of Russian war crimes increase. To ensure that these can be brought to Court, the organisation „The Reckoning Project“ unites journalists and law- yers with the aim to document, verify, and codify legal evidence of war crimes cases. To this aim, the REC has published several short films that not only document war crimes, but at the same time giving a haunting insight into what daily life in war-torn Ukraine is like.
Termin & Ort
16. December 2022 10:30 am European House (Unter den Linden 78, 10117 Berlin)
The Embassy of Ukraine and the European Parliament Liaison Office Germany are pleased to invite you to a screening of three short films, followed by a discussion with the authors of the films, journalists and analysts reporting and documenting war crimes. To register for this event please email events.berlin@mfa.gov.ua. Please note that the event is taking place in ENGLISH only.
Films to be screened
RETURN ME TO MY DAD: One Ukrainian family’s wartime saga. Three children survived the siege of Mariupol, forced relocation, their father’s horrific detainment, and their own exile – to Russia.
NAMING THE DEAD IN CHERNIHIV: On 3 March 2022, a Russian airplane dropped at least eight bombs on a residen- tial area in the Northern Ukrainian City of Chemihiv, killing 57 people. By telling the story of Chernihiv, we make sure they will not be forgotten.
ATTACK ON THE KRAMATORSK TRAIN STATION: April 8, 2022. This film tells the story of a 12-years old girl who lost her mother and received significant injuries in the attack on 8 April 2022. Her story shows the human cost of indiscriminate attacks on civilians.
