THE DOCUMENTARY «DIARY OF THE BRIDE OF CHRIST», CREATED WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE UKRAINIAN STATE FILM AGENCY WILL SCREEN AT THE FRANCO-UKRAINIEN YOUNG FILM FESTIVAL «MICT» ON DECEMBER 2ND.
The documentary film «Diary of the Bride of Christ», created with the support of the Ukrainian State Film Agency will be screened at the Franco-Ukrainian Young Film Festival «MICT» on December 2nd.
In «Diary of the Bride of Christ», the film's director Marta Smerechynska faces her fears and plunges into the reality of her sister Nastia, a Greek Catholic nun, in the Convent of the Brides of Christ in Western Ukraine, to re-examine the world in which they both grew up. The relationship between Marta and Nastia, who has given up everything worldly to become part of the religious world, also reflects the experiences of other families and their daughters who have joined a closed monastic community. Marta discusses her feelings with other nuns and interviews them, while the other nuns see Marta as a connection to their past and families. The director seeks to find an answer to the question of why young girls decide to follow the centuries-old church by choosing the path of nuns.
The film was produced by Digital Religion LLC with the support of the Ukrainian State Film Agency. The producers are Vitaliy Sheremetyev and Natalia Libet.
The Franco-Ukrainian Young Film Festival «MICT» will take place from November 29 to December 2, 2023.
The Franco-Ukrainien Young Film Festival «MICT» is an annual festival held in Ukraine and France. This year's festival aims to support young Ukrainian filmmakers and their work and also to popularize Ukrainian cinema with further development of co-production and cultural relations. The festival is a unique opportunity to support the development of young Ukrainian cinema during the war.
This year, the festival celebrates its fifth anniversary and for the first time will be held in a mixed format of online and offline events. The festival's competition and non-competition program focuses on contemporary Ukrainian fiction and documentary short films created by young Ukrainian filmmakers.
The festival is organized by the International Association for the Development and Support of Ukrainian Culture, in partnership with the Association de Développement Personnel Franco-Ukrainienne, the French Institute in Ukraine, the French Embassy in Ukraine, Alliances Françaises en Ukraine, CNC, UNIFRANCE, TorinoFilmLab | Museo Nazionale del Cinema di Torino's, I Am Tomorrow International Film Festival, the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, State Film Agency of Ukraine, Ukrainian Cultural Foundation, Odesa Film Office, Cultural Diplomacy, Odesa Film Studio, and with the support of the City Hall of Odesa, the City Hall of Marseille, the International Charitable Foundation «Ukrainian and European Initiatives», the Charitable Foundation «Doors» and the National Women's Association of Ukrainian Cinema and Film.