25 February, 2023
We are delighted to invite you, as part of the Babylon Villeneuve project, to a special screening of the documentary War Diary, directed by Roman Liubyi from the Ukrainian collective Babylon’13.🪖🤳 This film takes us to the heart of the war in Ukraine through videos captured between 2014 and 2015 by Ukrainian soldiers and volunteers, directly from their phones. It offers a raw, unfiltered look at a conflict where reality often defies comprehension. Through these images, we discover a world governed by strange, almost surreal laws, far removed from our everyday lives.📹 The protagonists in these videos live extraordinary lives: they laugh, cry, and document moments of existence, all while knowing that any moment could be their last. In this space where e...
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24 February, 2023
🗼🇺🇦 The Eiffel Tower illuminated in blue and yellow: A powerful gesture of solidarity with UkraineOn February 23, the Eiffel Tower lit up in blue and yellow, a strong symbolic act of support for the Ukrainian people. This initiative, led by the City of Paris and its Mayor Anne Hidalgo, marks the first anniversary of the large-scale invasion of Ukraine.💙💛 “Ukraine will prevail,” declared Anne Hidalgo, expressing her hope and confidence in the resilience of the Ukrainian people in the face of Russian aggression. This gesture goes beyond symbolism; it reaffirms Paris’s steadfast commitment to standing alongside Kyiv.Paris and Kyiv are bound by a friendship and cooperation pact signed in April 2022, aimed at strengthening ties between the two cities. This partnership has led to ...
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24 February, 2023
One year.On February 24, 2022, Russia sent its army to attack Kyiv.On February 24, 2022, we knew that this Russian aggression signified the worst for the Ukrainian people.On February 24, 2022, Ukraine, its people and its President chose resistance and freedom.On February 24, 2022, we made a solemn commitment to be on Ukraine’s side in its fight for the right to exist.For an entire year now, Ukraine has frustrated predictions of its defeat, and Ukrainian society continues its heroic fight for survival, on the European path that it has democratically chosen.For an entire year now, the world has discovered the courage, dignity and absolute commitment of the entire Ukrainian people, who have upset the criminal plans of the Kremlin and its accomplices who only gave it th...
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