Good day, friends!

In my posts I constantly mention cultural events on the territory of Israel, which help Israel nation get closer to Ukrainian mentality, traditions and history. Cultural diplomacy is for a long time the source of Israelis Ukrainian communication. On Israel territory you can see festivals of Ukrainian culture, photo and art exhibitions. Ukrainian artists come to Israel to popularize and promote Ukrainian art and Ukraine itself.

As you can remember, few times I wrote about huge reaction to the movie devoted to Maidan events, that was viewed in Israel. At that time, it managed to tell more to the viewer, than journalists or diplomats. It could gain such strong resolve from Israelis nation due to the common pain shared by our nations.

Just half a year ago Ukraine hosted Israel Movie Week, that was welcomed with huge agiotage. At that time Ukrainians managed to see Israel with the eyes of modern Israel directors. And now Israelis too can witness Ukrainian modern and classic movies.

Three largest cities of Israel will host the Days of Ukrainian cinema from May 5th till May 31st. First time in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa the program showcases the retrospective of Oleksandr Dovzhenko’s famous trilogy – films Earth, Arsenal and Zvenyhora. Recently, the film Earth entered the top five of world masterpieces, which are defined by UNESCO to the 120th anniversary of cinema.

Along with the recognized classics, Israelis will see the works of contemporary Ukrainian directors.Special closing event of the festival will be the premiere of the film Song of Songs by Eva Neymann on the works of Sholem Aleichem, the centenary of whose birth the whole world will mark on May 13th this year.

Among representatives of modern Ukrainian cinema are Oles Sanin, Serhiy Mokrytsky, Dmytro Moyseyev, Oleksandr Balahura, and Valentyn Vasyanovych.

I always emphasize that any informal modes of communication are more effective than official ones: it is much easier to find like-minded people talking "without ties". And this kind of communication between Israel should be as much as possible. Therefore, I invite everyone to visit the festival of Ukrainian cinema.