Ukraine Is Not a Brothel is a 2013 Australian documentary film directed by Kitty Green. The film debuted at the 70th Venice International Film Festival, although it was not part of the competition.[1] The documentary concerns the FEMEN (Фемен) movement, a feminist protest group originating from Ukraine.[2]
2013 film
Ukraine Is Not a Brothel
Femen protest
Directed by
Kitty Green
Produced by
Jonathan auf der Heide Kitty Green Michael Latham
Cinematography
Michael Latham
Edited by
Kitty Green
Music by
Zoe Barry Jed Palmer
Production company
Noise & Light
Release date
4September2013(2013-09-04)(70th Venice International Film Festival)
Running time
78 minutes
Country
Australia
Content
The film is a documentary on the activities of FEMEN, a Ukrainian feminist movement known for topless protests. The filmmaker Kitty Green[3][4] followed the activists for over a year, in Ukraine, Belarus and Turkey.[5] It documents the protests and the resulting harassments and arrests[6] over a span of fourteen months.[7] The film showcases the four activists who form the core of the film.[8]
The documentary shows Viktor Sviatsky as a driving force of the group FEMEN. He is the manipulator of all the protests and, in essence, commander of the females.[1][6][9][10][11]
The activists of FEMEN participated in the promotion of the documentary. They claimed that the situation in the film, i.e. under the leadership of Viktor Sviatsky, is actually part of the past, since he was ejected from the movement in 2012.[1][12]
Cast
Anna Hutsol (left) during a filmed protest
Viktor Sviatsky
The four principal women of FEMEN (Фемен):
Inna Shevchenko (Inna Ševčenko) (Інна Шевченко)
Alexandra Shevchenko (Aleksandra Shevchenko) (Sasha Shevchenko) (Oleksandra Ševčenko)
The film was screened out of competition at the 70th Venice International Film Festival of Venice.[1] At the festival photocall the activists appeared topless, as is usual for their protests[13]
Critical reception
Glenn Dunks[14] and Christopher Schobert of The Playlist on IndieWire[15] gave the film positive reviews.
Accolades
On 9 September 2014, Ukraine is Not a Brothel won for the Best Feature Length Documentary by Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts, awarded at the 4th AACTA Awards at The Star Event Centre, Sydney, New South Wales in late January 2015[16]
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