FRAGMENTS OF ICE (Reihe: PostKino UA)

In the organizer's words:

UKR/NOR 2024, documentary, 95 min

Director: Maria Stoianova

Language: OmeU (Ukrainian, Russian, English with English subtitles)

Director Maria Stoianova's father, a figure skater from the former world-famous Ukrainian "Ballet on Ice", toured abroad and filmed his life during the period of perestroika. Now Maria opens his amateur archive to see the Western utopia through the eyes of "a late Soviet man" and to start a personal dialog with him. 15 videotapes, 1986-1994. Travels and hobbies, the birth of a daughter, the collapse of the Soviet Union. The end of a career. The collapse of utopias. FRAGMENTS OF ICE is a journey to the coming of age of a society, a father and a daughter. A journey that is not yet complete.

The film will be followed by a discussion with director Maria Stoianova.

ENG: The father of director Maria Stoianova, a figure skater from the once world-famous Ukrainian "Ballet on Ice", toured abroad and filmed his life during the period of perestroika. Now, Maria opens his amateur archive to see the Western utopia through the lens of "a late Soviet man" and to start a personal dialog with him. 15 videotapes, 1986-1994. Travels and hobbies, the birth of a daughter, the collapse of the Soviet Union. The end of a career. The collapse of utopias. FRAGMENTS OF ICE is a journey into the coming of age of a society, a fathers and a daughters. A journey that is not yet complete.

There will be a talk with director Maria Stoianova after the screening.

The event is part of the PostKino-UA project, which was developed in collaboration with Takflix and Nadia Parfan and is funded by the Department of International Cooperation of the City of Leipzig.
The screening is part of the PostKino-UA project, based on a cooperation with Takflix and Nadia Parfan, funded by the Office for International Affairs of the city of Leipzig

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Price information:

- 7.00 € (regular) - 5.50 € (reduced*) - 3.50 € (with Leipzig Pass, disabled pass, volunteer pass) - Films longer than 130 min: + 1.00 € - Tickets are available online (plus € 0.70 booking fee), remaining tickets at the Box Office.