Part of the 2026 New East Film Symposium, Playscapes of the State: Childhood in Today's Cinema of Displacement
Paleontology Lesson:
June 2023. Ukraine is fighting against Russian invasion. In Kyiv, a group of schoolchildren visits the Natural History Museum, guided by a teacher, who, as if by magic, transports the kids into a faraway world, where there is no war. (IMDB)
dir. Sergei Loznitsa, 2025
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Despite the war, school life continues in Ukraine, with students and teachers striving to continue learning even under constant threat. (IMDB)
dir. Kateryna Gornostai