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The selection of short movies from European festivals. The main subject of the program is ecology in the widest possible sense of the word.

Duration: 75 min.

Program curator: Maxym Illyashenko

The program is supported by the World Bank.

Martin Raiser, World Bank Director for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova: " We are delighted to be associated with and support this year's Gogol Fest. The World Bank is working in Ukraine and around the globe to fight poverty and provide economic opportunity, improve public services, and help safeguard our planet. Many of the art works presented at the Gogol Fest touch on issues of how to live safe and healthy lives and how to protect the environment. The language of arts helps us understand and moves us to action. Let's enjoy the art, reflect and then act to help improve the lives of people in Ukraine."

Plastic and Glass
Tessa Joosse / France / 2009 / Experimental / 09'00"

In a recycling factory, the workers get together to sing, and the machines dance. A rhythm arises from the sounds of the factory, and a truck driver starts to sing a song for his lover.

Feel what they feel.
Chin Tangsakulsathaporn / Thailand, United States / 2009 / Documentary / 3’30

Humans are great creators. We have invented many useful artifacts to enhance our lives. On the other hand, some of them are not only harmful to other creatures but also destroying the planet. So let's try to feel what they feel.

 Sperm saves the world
Amorn Harinnitisuk / Thailand / 2008 / Experimental / 09'00" /

Global warming crisis. We know but we don't do anything. It's time to save our planet with real actions.

Blackout
Cecilia Belletti / Italy / 2009 / Fiction / 13'40"

Environmental degradation of Rome is the reflection of a deeper spiritual pollution. Lavinia, a young garbage collector, drags a garbage wheelbarrow and leads an existence deprived of dreams, until her imagination takes the upper hand...

Sustaining Life
Rob Hess / United States / 2009 / Documentary / 40'00"

In the year 2000 the United Nations commissioned a study to diagnose why 1/6th of our population, live on less than one dollar per day. This is the story that exposes the problem, provides the solution, and lets every one of us know exactly what we can do to help.