Film Screening of Fata Morgana with live soundtrack by Mykola Lebed
Thursday, 7 September 2023, 7 pm
Lichtmess Kino
Gaußstrasse 25
22765 Hamburg
Free admission.
We are thrilled to invite you to the upcoming event of «The Gathering Place», which will take place at Lichtmess Kino. We will be screening a silent film called «Fata Morgana» (1931), accompanied by a live music performance by Mykola Lebed. In this way, we want to revive and reimagine the classics of Ukrainian cinematography through modern music.
«Fata Morgana» was directed by the Soviet-Ukrainian film director Borys Tiahno in 1931. The film is rooted in the Avant-garde movement, which was characterized by experimental and innovative approaches to storytelling, visuals, and narrative structures. «Fata Morgana» is based on a novel by Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi, a prominent Ukrainian writer. The story is set against the backdrop of a peasant workers‘ strike that takes place at the beginning of the 20th century, exploring themes of social injustice and the resilience of peasants.