The List: Ukrainian Film Festival screening 20 Days in Mariupol

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For the second year running, the excellent Ukrainian Film Festival is running at Edmonton’s Metro Cinema, presenting a mix of fiction and documentary films released in the last few years, as well as some in-person filmmakers.

Its six films include director Mstyslav Chernov’s Oscar-winning 20 Days in Mariupol, which added a 9:30 p.m. Saturday second screening after its opening show sold out.

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Also on the roster is Tonya Noyabrova’s Soviet-Ukraine era coming-of-age Do You Love Me?, war documentary In the Rearview featuring a Q-and-A with producer Anna Palenchuk, Nariman Aliev’s Crimean Tartar family drama Homeward, Donbas documentary We Will Not Fade Away with a Q-and-A with director Alisa Kovalenko and Anontio Lukich’s comedy Luxembourg, Luxembourg, about two conflicted brothers in search of their estranged father.

The languages we’ll be hearing include Ukrainian, Russian, English, Polish, Latin, French and Crimean Tatar, with English subtitles where appropriate.

The festival is co-presented by the Alberta Society for the Advancement of Ukrainian Studies and by the Contemporary Ukraine Studies Program at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, in cooperation with the Ukrainian Resource and Development Centre at MacEwan University.

It should also be mentioned all of these screenings running Friday through Sunday are free of charge, simply register in advance at ukrfilmfestival.com, where the full festival schedule also resides.

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ART

Thru 4/13: Eveline Kolijn: The Energy Futures Portfolio Project (Harcourt)

Thru 4/13: Luke Johnson: Farewell to the North (Do Not Apply Compression Gently) (Harcourt)

Thru 4/13: Safekeeping: Studio Arts BFA 2024 Graduate Exhibition (Mitchell)

Thru 4/16: Nancy Corrigan: Wonders in the Play (Trinity)

4/16-27: Ground Level: 2024 Bachelor of Fine Arts Graduate Exhibition (FAB)

Thru 4/17: Oksana Movchan: Metanoia (Gallery@501)

Thru 4/19: Ingrained in Time (Red Brick Common)

Thru 4/20: Jim Davies: Valley Reflections (Bugera)

Thru 4/23: Sheila Luck, Mitchel Smith: Scenes from a Marriage (Peter Robertson)

Thru 4/25: Raneece Buddan: Threading Through Time (Art Gallery St. Albert)

Thru 4/26: Visions of Grandeur: Lands Worth Saving (Wild Skies)

Thru 4/27: Liliya Kostiuk, Liudmyla Lushchyk, Taras Lachowsky (Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts)

Thru 4/27: Misty Ring: Our Collective Stories: A Shared Reflection by the Sky (Bleeding Heart)

Thru 5/4: Santosh Korthiwada: Inseparable Fragments (Art Gallery of St. Albert)

Thru 5/5: Brenda Draney: Drink from the River (AGA)

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Thru 5/5: Emmanuel Osahor: I made this place for you (AGA)

Thru 5/7: The Long and Short of It Edmonton Art Club Spring Show (NOA Gallery)

Thru 5/18: Coming Up Next (Alberta Craft Gallery)

Thru 5/26: Braxton Garneau: Pay Dirt (AGA)

Thru 6/15: Minutiae (Alberta Craft Gallery)

Thru 6/29: The Wild Side: Polar Prairie Pacific (Musée Héritage Museum)

Thru 8/4: Dwayne Martineau: Boreal Fortress (AGA)

Thru 12/31: Damian Moppett: Untitled Abstract Object in Space (AGA)

BOOKS

4/13: Let It Be a Tale poetry for Palestine (Felice)

4/16: Chris Turner: How to Be a Climate Optimist (Triffo)

COMEDY

4/11: Al Val, Robert Watson’s Gay AF Comedy Tour (Grindstone)

4/11-13: Steven Ho (Comic Strip)

4/12: Dan Duvall (Grindstone)

4/12: Who the Hell are the Debutants?! (Grindstone)

4/12-13: Jimmy Earll (Comedy Factory)

4/12-13: Allyson June Smith (Yuk Yuk’s)

4/17: Celeste Lampa, JayR, Mo Aden, Alia Laura, Matt Cheney (Dive Bar)

EXHIBITS

Thru 4/12: Pysanky for Peace (Kingsway Mall)

Thru 4/28: Disney Immersive Animation (EXPO Centre)

Thru 7/28: Angkor: The Lost Empire of Cambodia (RAM)

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Thru 9/9: Dinosaurs: The Exhibition (TWOSE)

FESTIVALS

4/12-14: Ukrainian Film Festival in Edmonton (Metro)

4/13: Hi-Light Festival (Aviary)

4/14-17: Cantando Festival (Winspear)

FILM

4/12-14: Ukrainian Film Festival in Edmonton (Metro)

4/12-5/21: Superhuman Body IMAX (TWoSE)

4/16: Paddling Film Festival World Tour (Arden)

4/17: Bones of Crows (TWoSE)

4/17: MANBORG (FAVA Orange Hub)

MUSIC

4/11: Jenn Grant (Aviary)

4/11: Dee Roach, River Poets, James Mullett, Shelley Foss, Landon Barrowman (Dive Bar)

4/11: Electric Religious, Wiesinger, The Nightstand, Deon Gabriel (Blakbar)

4/11: Brad Shigeta (Yardbird)

4/11: TWRP, Trey Manifique, Nelward (Starlite)

4/11: X Ambassadors, Noah Gundersen (Union)

4/11,13: ESO’s The Magical Music of Harry Potter (Winspear)

4/12: Agsunta, Rochelle, Ivana Alawi (Union)

4/12: Angelitos, Waldo Poblano, Curt Young, The Heaters (Dive Bar)

4/12: Calling All Captains, Chastity, Hellxboy (Buckingham)

4/12: Everclear, Sister Hazel (River Cree)

4/12: Hi-Light Festival 2024 (Starlite)

4/12: Maddy Killoh, Jerry Bludd (Felice)

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4/12: Hannah King, Kaylin Kowalyshyn (Blue Chair)

4/12: Kobo Town, Ryland Moranz (St. Basil’s)

4/12: Tyler Joe Miller, Shwan Austin, Andrew Hyatt (Cook County)

4/12: Reverberations, Overtones (OSPAC)

4/12: Twin Flames (Arden)

4/12: US, Vain, Balderdash, No Idea (Aviary)

4/12-13: ESO Robbins Pops: Latin Fire (Winspear)

4/12-13: John York of The Byrds (Blue Chair)

4/13: Bear Grillz, Underland (Union)

4/13: Condemned, The Reverant (Dive Bar)

4/13: Festival City Winds: The Heroes Among Us (First Presbyterian)

4/13: Half Dead, Harsh, Cutoffs, Violet Riot, Midmnight Diner, Tatara (Aviary)

4/13: King of Foxes, Arts Major, Evan Symons, Ostella (Aviary)

4/13: Nazzy, Devolver, Dog Poison, Mudcrab (Blakbar)

4/13: Paradise Alley (Soho)

4/13: Shaggy2Dope, DJ Clay (Union)

4/13: Thor, Bogue Brigade, Tower Hill, Kill Witch (Starlite)

4/13: Ethan Tonack; Jed and the Valentine (Blue Chair)

4/13-14: Secondhand Dreamcar (Yardbird)

4/14: Axios Men’s Ensemble: Ukrainian War Requiem (St. Basil’s)

4/14: Brett Hansen (Blue Chair)

4/14: Lil Tjay (Rogers)

4/14: Stem Champ, Worrywort, Weak Material (Aviary)

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4/15-16: Classic Albums Live: The Eagles Greatest Hits (Festival Place)

4/16: Joel Grey & the Littlebirds Tuesday Jam (Yardbird)

4/17: Abigail Lapell (Aviary)

4/17: PJ Perry Quartet (Blue Chair)

THEATRE/DANCE

4/11: Canada’s Drag Race (Jubilee)

4/11-12: Golijov’s Ayre (Triffo)

4/12-14: Shen Yun: China Before Communism (Jubilee)

4/13: Cocoa Butta Fashion Party Experience (Starlite)

4/13: Pearl-Ann Gooding’s Three Apples Fell … In My Backyard and Beyond (Sourthminster-Steinhauer United Church)

4/14: MOD Contemporary Dance: ECLIPSE (Arden)

4/17-27: The Swearing Jar (Walterdale)

Thru 4/20: Candy & The Beast (Studio Theatre)

Thru 4/21: The Mountaintop (Citadel)

Thru 4/21: Ronnie Burkett’s Wonderful Joe (Roxy)

Thru 6/16: Grease (Mayfield)

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