Ukrainian Film on Holodomor and Russia’s Modern Crimes to Premiere in Denmark

On August 15, Ukraine House in Denmark will host the Danish premiere of Family Album, a powerful Ukrainian documentary that draws a poignant connection between the 1932–33 Holodomor famine and contemporary Russian atrocities in Ukraine. 

The Gaze reports this, referring to an announcement made by Ukraine House.

The film tells the story of British photographer Samara Pearce as she journeys through Ukraine in the footsteps of her great-grandfather, Alexander Wienerberger – an Austrian engineer who secretly documented the horrors of the Holodomor while living in Kharkiv. 

Nearly a century later, Pearce returns to a war-torn Ukraine to explore the ongoing impact of that tragedy and to document new crimes committed by the Russian regime.

Directed by Maryna Tkachuk and produced by Zlata Yefimenko, Family Album is one of the winners of the 2023 state-sponsored creative competition organized by Ukraine’s Public Multimedia Platform for the production of films and series on contemporary issues. 

It was created in collaboration with the National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide and supported by the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.

The film has been translated and dubbed into five languages – English, German, Polish, French, and Spanish, ensuring global accessibility and resonance.

In a related event, Ukraine House in Denmark will host a panel discussion on August 8 titled “The Great Terror of the 1930s: Perpetrators and Cultural Impact”, exploring another dark chapter of Soviet repression and its enduring effects.

Earlier this year, Family Album was also featured at the EUNIC Austria Film Festival, where it received widespread acclaim.

As The Gaze previously reported, the 50th Toronto International Film Festival will host the world premiere of the Ukrainian film ‘To the Victory!’ directed by Valentin Vasyanovich.