A special screening of the documentary film «The Impact of Demining» was held in Kyiv as part of the 54th Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival.
Currently, Ukraine is one of the most contaminated countries, with approximately 23% of its territory potentially polluted by mines.
The film was initiated by UNDP in Ukraine to raise awareness of this issue and was produced with funding from the government of the Republic of Korea in partnership with the Ministry of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture of Ukraine and the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
«The Impact of Demining» by Baza Production shows how demining affects the lives of Ukrainians, telling the stories of those who are making the country safer through their daily efforts. The film's heroes include:
Pavlo Bondarenko, head of the mechanized demining department of the State Emergency Service in Mykolaiv region;
Natalia Horun, non-technical survey specialist at Norwegian People's Aid Ukraine;
Oleksandr Bonchkovskyi, PhD in Geography and chief scientific consultant of the Society of Researchers of Ukraine.
Special thanks to Andrii Khalpakhchi, the festival director of the «Molodist» festival, for the opportunity to present the film on such an important platform, and to Marychka Padalko for the professional moderation of the discussion.
The documentary continues its festival journey and has already been screened at the Tokyo Short Film Festival in Japan, where it was shortlisted and included in the recommended program. The film has also been submitted to several prestigious international and Ukrainian festivals, as these stories should be seen by audiences around the world.