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Sonya Vseliubska

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Sonya Vseliubska is a Ukrainian film journalist and scholar based in the UK. She is a staff writer for Ukrainska Pravda, the country’s leading online newspaper. Her writings on film have also been featured in Modern Times Review, e-flux, Filmmaker Magazine, and Talking Shorts, among others. Her academic focus lies in Ukrainian war documentaries. 

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Exclusive: Trailer for Olga Chernykh’s Sophomore Debut ‘The Illusion of a Quiet Night’
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A soldier in uniform crouches inside an empty concrete room with a machine gun
War as “Something Interconnected and Repetitive”: Marie Wilke on Her Berlinale-premiering Scenario 
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“We Cannot Run Away From Our Animalistic Nature”: Tamara Kotevska on ‘The Tale of Silyan’
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Three soldiers, with helmets and a small Ukrainian flag on their uniforms, crouching holding their guns outdoors
Metric of Loss: Mstyslav Chernov Discusses the Ethical Responsibility of ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’
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A drenched young man in nothing but a swimsuit rides a horse in the middle of a body of water
“A Pure Act of Faith”: Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk on Observing a Ukrainian Pacifist Community in ‘Silent Flood’
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How to Decode Fascist Systems Today: Michal Kosakowski on His Venice-Premiering ‘Holofiction’
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A young couple sits on the back of a pickup trick, with a portrait of Jesus wearing red.
“Haunts the Present”: Kinga Michalska on Connecting the Holocaust With Poland’s Migrant Crisis in ‘Bedrock’
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An empty room that has been bombed with fabrics, chairs strewn around and windows open.
Screen Time, Winter 2024/2025
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CCTV footage of a group of six Russian soldiers from above.
“Working with Emptiness”: Oleksiy Radynski Discusses His CCTV Chornobyl Doc ‘Special Operation’
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“Made Out of Necessity”: Oksana Karpovych Discusses the Chronology of ‘Intercepted’
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