Journalism will come alive on stage for the first time in Ukraine, at the Book Arsenal Festival! Featuring reported stories told live on stage by local and international reporters, photographers, and artists, Live Magazine is a chance to experience personal, poignant, and intimate stories from the frontlines and beyond with, sometimes, a happy ending. No taping, rewinding or instant replay, it’s all in the here and now: a living, ephemeral newspaper.

The re-premiere of the film Vasylina by Favst Lopatinsky,
screenplay by Mykhailo Yalovyi, based on the story by Ivan Nechuy-Levytskyi
“Burlachka”. An event of the Literary Film Canon cycle, where the Dovzhenko Center explores cinematographic adaptations of literary classics.

A unique event from the largest poetry festival Land of Poets is a journey back to the 90s and 2000s, when Ukrainian independence was born and a new culture was born.
On the stage are those who created this era in poetry and music. Their lyrics became the voice of a generation, and their songs became part of our identity.

Poems that have long lived in quotations. Songs that are guessed from the first notes. Archival footage from festivals.
And stories about those times from charismatic presenters.

Svoie (one’s own) is something that is deeply rooted in the heart, which does not require translation or justification. It is the space of truth, the place where a person remains himself. Borys Lyatoshynsky’s music speaks to the heart – sincerely, passionately, uncompromisingly. It speaks of what is worth preserving, of what is yours, which nothing can break. The concert will feature the ballad “Grażyna” based on the poem by Adam Mickiewicz – a tragic and majestic story of victory won at the cost of life – and the Second Symphony – a confession of the soul written in the terrible 1930s, a testament to the power of being yourself against all odds.

DakhTrio is a musical project of the Dakh Theater actors that creates atypical musical works based on the poetry of Ukrainian poetsю Each can last up to 15 minutes, so they are called “travel pieces.” The program of this event will feature songs based on the poetry of Vasyl Stus and Pavlo Tychyna, as well as premiere compositions based on texts by Taras Shevchenko.