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[Diana Howansky <dhh2@columbia.edu>]

***MODIFICATION TO NEXT COLUMBIA UKRAINIAN FILM CLUB EVENT***

The Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia University has just recently 
obtained the brand-new Ukrainian, short feature film “At the Crossroads” 
(2005, directed by Oleksa Om), and will be adding it to the short films 
screened at its next event:

“TALENT DEFYING ADVERSITY: NEW FILMS FROM UKRAINE”

Over the last year, despite the lack of financial support for 
film-making from the Ukrainian government and private investors, Ukraine 
has not only continued to make films, but has won major international 
cinema awards.

For its November event, the Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia University, 
will present the works of interesting, talented and promising Ukrainian 
artists who persevered in the face of adversity. These works are unlike 
anything you have seen before . . . Come and see for yourself.

The program will premier for the first time in the U.S. the film “At the 
Crossroads,” a real-life story of five million Ukrainian “guestworkers” 
scattered around the West in search of economic opportunities for 
themselves and their families. In Prague, Sashko, a young musician from 
Lviv works at a construction site. His beloved Nelia washes dishes in a 
posh restaurant. Sashko decides to return to Ukraine and start a new 
life there with Nelia. Nelia, it turns out, is not so sure . . .

“At the Crossroads” also features original songs by the Ukrainian rock 
group Okean Elzy, including “For You”, and “I'm Going Home”.

The next Ukrainian Film Club event will also premier the Ukrainian short 
feature films:
--  “When I’m Afraid” (director Liusia Pavlenko, 2004, 11 min.)
--  “Hunka” (dir. Olena Tereshkova, 2004, 10 min.)
--  “Oligarch” (dir. Oleksiy Rosych, 2004, 25 min.); and
--  “My Gogol” (dir. Vera Yakovenko, 2003, 20 min.)

WHEN: November 17, 2005, Thursday, at 7:30 PM

WHERE: Room 717, Hamilton Hall, Columbia University

All films will be screened in their original Ukrainian or Russian 
versions with English subtitles.

In his opening remarks before the screening, Dr. Yuri Shevchuk, the 
director of the Ukrainian Film Club, will make an update on the 
Ukrainian cinema news. Discussion will follow the screening.

The event is organized jointly with the Ukrainian Student Society of 
Columbia University. Snacks and drinks will be provided.

For more information about the films being screened by the Columbia 
Ukrainian Film Club, please see the club's website at 
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ufc/.

-- 
Diana Howansky
Staff Associate
Ukrainian Studies Program
Columbia University
Room 1209, MC3345
420 W. 118th Street
New York, NY  10027
(212) 854-4697
ukrainianstudies@columbia.edu
http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/ukrainianstudies/