Saturday, Sptember 11 | 1:45 pm | DCF, Lwów
Cine Ukraine: „Tales of War and Peace”. Meeting after the screening of “This Rain Will Never Stop”
In Polish
Director Alina Gorlova draws parallels between the story of Donbas and Syria. She uses the atypical story of the main character to portray the archetype story of peace and conflict. After the screening, we will witness a dialogue between two people: an Ukrainian woman and a Syrian citizen, both living in Wrocław. They will discuss the cultural differences in depicting conflict, and describe the typical stories of war refugees in their respective countries. We will try to point the challenges, as well as advantages, of war trauma and emigration.
The screening will be followed by a dialogue between a Syrian man and a Ukrainian woman, discussing cultural differences in the imagery of war, gender and generational differences in surviving in wartime, and the universality of the war experience. Our guests will discuss the fates of their compatriots displaced by war as well as their own lessons in emigration and seeking refuge. We will try to examine the challenges and potential benefits of this blending of war trauma and resettlement.
Guests:
Iya Kiva – Ukrainian poet, translator, journalist, PEN Club member. Born in Donetsk, Kiva had moved to Kiev in 2014 due to the armed conflict in Donbass. She published two volumes of poetry and a book of interviews with Belarusian writers. Kiva translates contemporary Ukrainian poetry into Russian and Belarusian and Polish poetry into Ukrainian and Russian. Her own poems have been translated into 15 languages. Kiva is the laureate of a number of Ukrainian and international literary and translation competitions. She is currently participating in the Gaude Polonia grant program of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
Ziad Abou Saleh - a Syrian who has been living in Wrocław since 1983. In 1989 he graduated from computer science, and in 1997 he obtained a doctorate in sociology. Since 2000, an academic lecturer with experience in the field of humanities (sociologist). He cooperates with the SWPS University and WSB in Wrocław, conducts classes in the field of intercultural sociology. Since 2000, he has been an expert in Negotiation and Intercultural Communication between Poland and the Arab world, he also conducts business training. The author of the book "In search of the fifth angle, or foreigners about Poles" and numerous publications and scientific articles on the processes and problems related to the Arab community in Poland and Europe. By choice, he considers himself a member of both national communities: Polish and Syrian.
Moderator:
Anna Ursulenko – curator of the KinoUkraїna cycle screening contemporary Ukrainian films in DCF. Slavic philologist and adjunct professor at the University of Wroclaw’s Institute of Slavic Studies. Author of literary translations from Ukrainian, Russian, and Czech. An experienced moderator, Ursulenko led discussions at the Authors’ Reading Month international literary festival, European Capital of Culture Wrocław 2016, and a number of other events.
