“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.
The film follows DSNS rescuers and firefighters who are first to arrive at the scene after Russian strikes and save Ukrainian lives every day.
The evening included a charity auction that raised UAH 700,550 to support the DSNS, and a music performance by Hidden Element that combined the music from all the VARTA novellas. For the first time in its history, electronic music was heard in the Hall of Glory of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War.
Thank you to everyone who shared this evening with us and supports the stories we tell.
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.
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