2025: VARTA stories heard beyond Ukraine
The fourth novella, “She”, was presented at Tate Modern in London, and VARTA was featured live on BBC in London and on 1+1 in Ukraine.
The year in which the stories of Ukrainian heroes were heard abroad: the presentation of “She” took place at Tate Modern, one of the key cultural spaces in the world. VARTA spoke about the faces of war and the stories of those who fight for Ukraine’s independence on live BBC and 1+1.
The project’s films were also included in the “All-Ukrainian Online School” program for senior high school: about 10 million schoolchildren across the country will see and hear real stories of Ukraine’s defenders.
VARTA — The New Ukrainian Epic. Our mission is to show the world the true faces of war and tell their stories.
About VARTA
VARTA is “The New Ukrainian Epic”: a series of documentary novellas about the war in Ukraine, told through the personal stories of pilots, tank crews, servicewomen and rescuers. The films are free to watch on YouTube, are shown at festivals and special screenings worldwide, and every screening raises funds for the units of the heroes.
More news
- VARTA novellas screened at De Balie in AmsterdamThree documentary novellas from the VARTA project were shown at De Balie, one of the leading cultural centers in the Netherlands.
- “Voices” premiere at the Motherland Monument museum in KyivOn 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 firstThe fifth VARTA novella documents the daily work of DSNS rescuers during the full-scale war.
- VARTA at Copenhagen Democracy Summit 2026The fourth novella, “She”, was screened at one of the key global forums on democracy, freedom and the war in Ukraine.