Stay home, have fun: Ukraine’s online shows, movies, art

There’s no reason to miss out on Ukrainian music shows, cinema and art while staying home under quarantine due to the novel coronavirus. In fact, it may be the best time to catch up.

There are services that stream Ukrainian movies and art exhibitions that have online versions. And some Ukrainian music artists are announcing online shows almost every day.

Here is the list of such services and upcoming shows, updated daily.

Shows

Tuesday, March 24

Jamala: The Ukrainian winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 announced an online show with a cover of “No Time To Die” by Billie Eilish, the theme song of the upcoming James Bond film. Jamala will probably sing more covers and her original songs.

Jamala (soul, jazz, blues, pop). 7 p.m. www.instagram.com/jamalajaaa or www.youtube.com/user/jamalaofficial.

Monday, March 23

Quarantine Live by Slukh: The online media about music Slukh announced a series of daily shows by Ukrainian artists. The guests of the first show will be announced on March 22.

Quarantine Live by Slukh. 8:20 p.m. www.youtube.com/channel/UCf8Du8VB0xG5z8N68zbAayQ.

Sunday, March 22

Closer

Closer: Ponura, Lobanov K., Alex Savage (electronic music). 6 p.m. www.facebook.com/closerkiev/videos.

Saturday, March 21

Closer

Closer: M. Tkachenko, Trippsy, Borys (electronic music). 6 p.m. www.facebook.com/closerkiev/videos.

Criminal Practice: a trio of Kyiv DJs Ghetto Sunrise, Roma Khropko and Hopper Field will get together at the empty River Port club to stream their music online.

Criminal Practice (electronic music). 7 p.m. www.facebook.com/pg/criminalpractice/videos.

Karantin by Kultura Zvuka: The Kharkiv collective of DJs hosts electronic music parties every few days. The second one will feature DJs Udda, SAXR, Komponente x Kurilo.

Karantin by Kultura Zvuka (electronic music). 9 p.m. www.youtube.com/c/KulturaZvuka.

Friday, March 20

O. Torvald: The Ukrainian rock band will have its first reunion online before their tour starts on April 3. They will play their hits and songs from their last record “Diller Kaifu.”

O. Torvald (rock, alternative, pop punk). 6:50 p.m. www.otorvald.ua.

Online Party by Aristocrats Radio and DJBuro: An online party featuring one of Ukraine’s best known electronic music artists DJ Nastia. Lesser known MCs and DJs Masha Efy, Vlad Fisun, Anton Ptushkin and Sivash will also spin the plates. Expect lots of techno.

Online Party by Aristocrats Radio and DJBuro (electronic music). 6 p.m. www.aristocrats.fm/video.

Closer: Residents and friends of one Kyiv’s hottest clubs DJs Bambu, Vladimir Gnatenko and Igor Glushko will stream their electronic music sets till midnight.

Closer: Bambu, Vladimir Gnatenko, Igor Glushko (electronic music). 6:30 p.m. www.facebook.com/closerkiev/videos.

Movies

Takflix

Takflix is a brand new online cinema with new Ukrainian movies and a name that echos that of Netflix, the U.S. streaming platform. All movies at Takflix have English subtitles.

So far, its library of films is small but mighty. There are three feature films: “Vulkan,” about the harsh beauty of the Ukrainian steppe; “When the Trees Fall,” about forbidden love in a Ukrainian village; and “Hutsulka Ksenya,” a musical about love and discovery in the Carpathian Mountains.

There is also “2020. Free country,” a mockumentary about Ukrainian migration. The two classical documentaries on the list are “Heat Singers,” about utility workers in Ivano-Frankivsk who also want to sing, and “Askania Nova,” about people and animals living in a nature reserve.

Takflix charges Hr 60 ($2.20) for each film and allows viewers to stream it for a week after purchase. Watch at www.taxflix.com.

OLL.tv

OLL.tv is a Ukrainian internet-TV service that has recently started adding Ukrainian movies to its library. Some of them have English subtitles.

One of these is “Brama,” a mystical comedy-drama about a broken family in the Chornobyl exclusion zone headed by an elderly matriarch. English-speakers can also watch “The Tribe,” a sensational social drama set in a deaf school – and which has no spoken words.

Subscriptions at OLL.tv start at Hr 184 ($6.70) with the first week free. Watch at www.oll.tv.

Docuspace

Docuspace is an online platform with short and full-length feature documentary films about Ukraine and its people. It was created by the Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival.

The films at Docuspace tell stories of Ukrainians who are trying to change their country for the better. Thera are stories about activists, community organizers, minorities, military volunteers and those who help the Ukrainian army with supplies in Russia’s war against Ukraine. 

Films at Docuspace are free. Watch at www.docuspace.org.

Art

HeForShe Arts Week in AR

This augmented reality (AR) project can bring an exhibition of paintings by Ukrainian female artists to any living room using a smartphone. The user can examine and photograph the paintings and read their descriptions in English.

The AR exhibition has 14 artworks in total: 10 by Ukrainian women of the past from the National Art Museum of Ukraine and 4 by modern Ukrainian female artists. The goal of the project is to show the connection between female Ukrainian artists and the inheritance of their traditions in art.

Exhibition is free. Download its app at www.heforsheukraine.info/artsweek2020/argallery/. 

Source: www.kyivpost.com