The participants of Cinemacoast study movie scenes during an interactive filmmaking lecture on visual storytelling on July 13, 2021. The program takes place in the Youkh art residence in the village of Oleksandrivka, Kherson Oblast.
OLEKSANDRIVKA, Ukraine — The village of Oleksandrivka in Kherson Oblast has lived in a bubble for years – few visitors would travel to this settlement of 2,500 people, 560 kilometers south of Kyiv.
The local life is similar to what travelers would find in most of rural Ukraine. Locals have a distinct dialect that might be hard to understand, babushkas who have known each other since birth and teenagers drinking alongside cows on the road. Even time seems to move a little slower here.
