Freefilmers is a cinemovement and NGO from Mariupol, Ukraine.
Our principal goals:
- making films as alert and sensitive to the reality as possible and whose main focus is the human life and struggle for equality and freedom
- promoting independent filmmaking and grassroots initiatives in political arts
- resistance to colonial policies, imperialism, capitalism and patriarchy
Current Projects
- Fundraising campaign to support underground artists in Ukraine suffering during the war.
- Holding solidarity screenings. Feel free to contact Freefilmers if you want to hold a screening of our films in your community.
- Working on Vasyl Lyah’s film “Treasure”.
- Working on Sashko Protyah’s film “The Past Unsimple”.
- Assisting in research and production of Oksana Kazmina’s “Underwater”.
- Creating an antiwar multimedia archive.
- Participation in the 2nd edition of Filma. Feminist Film Festival.
Finished Projects
Participation in Filma. Feminist Film Festival
Participation in Mykola Ridnyi’s project
“Armed and dangerous”
The cinematographic project “Creative East-2” (2019) – three films about Ukrainian working class creative practices:
The Creative East-1 project (2018) – two films about cultural phenomena of East Ukraine.
