French Film Festival Aotearoa is back for its 18th edition in 2024, bringing une fantastique selection of French films to even more cinemas near you this winter.
are trying to figure out the next steps of their lives after fleeing their homes in ukraine. a growing humanitarian crisis is putting immense pressure on neighboring countries who are looking to help families who i have left their only home. the only home they ve ever known. but there is some who have stayed behind, people in major cities like kyiv, and kharkiv continue to take shelter. in their homes, and change stations, in bombshell tours of the attacks continue. joining me now, darria, a ukrainian film producer and programmer with ukraine s biggest film festival. she fled ukraine just hours after rushing began its invasion. thank you so much for taking the time to be with us. i know you left ukraine with your husband, children, friends. what was it that was happening in kyiv that said to you all, we need to get out of here? and what has this journey been like? i am actually still in ukraine. i just left kyiv, i moved to the borders of the country. curls to romania.