Ukrainian filmmaker Nadia Parfan on art and resistance
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 24 February 2023
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Nadia Parfan was travelling outside Ukraine when Russia invaded on February 24. Instead of remaining abroad, Parfan returned to her homeland, fearing isolation more than physical danger. She spoke with FT Weekend host Lilah Raptopoulos about a documentary she produced in partnership with the New Yorker, called “I Did Not Want to Make A War Film”. From a coffee shop in Kyiv, Parfan spoke to Lilah about making the film, life in Ukraine for civilians away from the front lines, and art as a form of resistance.
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| 0:00.0 | The FT News Briefing is supported by Equinole, the UK's energy partner. |
| 0:06.3 | Learn more at equinole.co.uk |
| 0:10.2 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:11.8 | Today is Friday, February 24th. |
| 0:14.0 | I'm Mark Filipino and this is your FT News Briefing. |
| 0:22.4 | When Russia invaded Ukraine last February 24th, |
| 0:25.7 | filmmaker Nadia Parfond was spending the winter outside her country. |
| 0:30.0 | But as millions of Ukrainians began fleeing, Parfond returned to her homeland. |
| 0:35.3 | She began collecting images and eventually produced a documentary called |
| 0:39.9 | It Did Not Want to Make a War film. |
| 0:42.7 | Parfond spoke to FT Weekend podcast host Lila Reptopoulos |
| 0:46.6 | and we're giving the two of them the stage in today's news briefing. |
| 0:50.0 | Here we go. |
| 0:55.7 | Imagine being in the middle of a war and still making art. |
| 1:04.3 | There are artists right now in Ukraine who are doing that every day. |
| 1:09.4 | This week, which marks exactly one year since Russia invaded Ukraine, |
| 1:14.6 | at least four Ukrainian films are on screen at the Berlin Film Festival. |
| 1:19.6 | And it's been like that all year. |
| 1:22.0 | A number of Ukrainian movies were also at Sundance, |
| 1:24.8 | at the Venice Biennale there was a special pavilion, |
| 1:27.6 | specifically for a lot of Ukrainian art. |
| 1:30.5 | Most of these artists making work in Ukraine are not on the front lines. |
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