VARTA is a series of documentary short films that tell the story of the war in Ukraine through people’s stories.
We preserve the memory of the war through the personal reflections of the protagonists — sincere, human, and cinematic.
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Soldiers, pilots, servicewomen and rescuers who tell the war in their own words.
YARA 
SHEVA 
EVGENIY 
VALKIRIA 
BIRDY 
SOPHIA 
BEKKA 
BABAY Cinema Arcobaleno, Milan · Italy · Organizer: BORISTENE
Three VARTA novellas in Italy on 5 November at 19:00, with producer Maryana Shafro and participants of “She”.
Premieres, screenings and forums.
VARTA novellas screened at De Balie in Amsterdam Three documentary novellas from the VARTA project were shown at De Balie, one of the leading cultural centers in the Netherlands. 
Voices of hope and salvation: stills from “Voices”, part two A second set of frames from the fifth VARTA novella about DSNS rescuers. 
“Voices” premiere at the Motherland Monument museum in Kyiv On 26 May the fifth VARTA novella was presented in Kyiv; a charity auction at the event raised UAH 700,550 for the State Emergency Service. 
“Voices” trailer: the story of those who arrive first The fifth VARTA novella documents the daily work of DSNS rescuers during the full-scale war. It is a series of documentary novellas created by the NEUTRINO team, led by Ukrainian photographer, film director, and producer Maryana Shafro, together with director, cinematographer, and producer Yevhen Matviienko.
Since the start of the full-scale invasion, the team has been filming Ukrainian soldiers to preserve their faces, stories, and experiences in Ukraine’s modern history.
Each film preserves memory and raises funds for the needs of Ukrainian soldiers.
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