The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), one of Europe’s most prestigious documentary film festivals, will showcase five Ukrainian films in its 2025 edition, taking place from November 13—23. Among them is 2000 Metres to Andriivka, a new documentary by Oscar-winning director Mstyslav Chernov.
The announcement was made by Ukraine’s State Film Agency (Derzhkino), highlighting the strong presence of Ukrainian cinema at this year’s IDFA.
Ukraine[a] is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which borders it to the east and northeast.[b] Ukraine also borders Belarus to the north; Poland and Slovakia to the west; Hungary, Romania and Moldova[c] to the southwest; and the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast.[d] Kyiv is the nation’s capital and largest city, followed by Kharkiv, Odesa, and Dnipro. Ukraine’s official language is Ukrainian.
The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied and annexed Crimea from Ukraine. It then supported Russian paramilitaries who began a war in the eastern Donbas region against Ukraine’s military. In 2018, Ukraine declared the region to be occupied by Russia.[8] The first eight years of conflict also included naval incidents and cyberwarfare. In February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and began occupying more of the country, starting the current phase of the war, the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II. The war has resulted in a refugee crisis and hundreds of thousands of deaths.
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| Part of the conflicts in territory of the former Soviet Union |
Helsinki Security Forum 2025: The Future of Warfare: Lessons from Ukraine
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