Ukrainian Queer Shorts

A young transgender girl dreams of becoming a model, and through popularity in social media resists the loneliness that overtakes her. During the trip to her birthplace, she understands what is her true desire.

Director: Olena Siyatovska
Script: Olena Siyatovska, Simon Mozgovy
Producer: Simon Mozgovy
With: Michelle Karas

On February 24, at 6:31am, my partner called me and said “Please don’t panic, but they started bombing Kyiv.” At that moment a new reality started. Reality full of horror and pain.
This documentary is about the experiences of queer people during the war.

“Pride Is Not Available in Your Region” describes the life of Ukrainian queer people during the ongoing war against Russia. It shows how we are fighting for our freedom.
Last year, UKRAINEPRIDE NGO held a creative political performance “Reyvakh Pride” disguised as a rave outside the Ukrainian president’s office. The purpose of the event was to draw public attention to the safety of LGBTQIA+ people, the arbitrariness of the police, the lack of investigation into past crimes of radical groups against the community, as well as Kyiv’s electronic scene. “Reyvakh Pride” was supposed to become an annual event.
But the war has changed everything. This year’s “Reyvakh Pride” has literally become “unavailable.” This is because all participants in the event now actively defend Ukraine in the war against Russia. The real stories of these defenders have become the basis of a new social video project launched by UKRAINEPRIDE.
The world has to hear the voices of the Ukrainian LGBTQIA+ community and to know how ruinous this war is for queer people.

Yanush lives two lives: one of a Roma man and the other… is a secret it is time to tell.

Director & Script: Vitalii Havura
Producer: Yevheniia Vidishcheva
With: Petro Rusanienko, Alina Zievakova, Yegor Kuryshchenko, Ksenia Diachenko, Oleksandr Bondaruk