Cinematic Culture During the War in Ukraine: Surviving the Year of Brutalities
Journal: Images The International Journal of European Film Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication
Year: 2023

Russia’s war against Ukraine has brought a humanitarian catastrophe to Europe and disrupted previously established cultural practices and rituals. One such practice has been the making and watching of films, constituting a further blow to the Ukrainian film industry, which has already experienced modifications caused by the VoD (video-on-demand) business mode and the coronavirus crisis. This study intends to highlight how the culture of cinema changed in the cities of Ukraine in 2022 that suffer