Homeward: Q&A with director Nariman Aliev
Date and time:
Wednesday 2 June, 2021
18:30 - 20:00
Location:
A road movie and family drama. A Crimean Tatar father (Akhtem Seitablayev) who’s lost his son to the war between Russia and Ukraine resolves to bring the boy’s body back to the land of his birth. He and his younger son set out on a journey to their home in Crimea that will profoundly mark their relationship. This film was featured at the ‘Un certain regard’ programme at the Cannes Film Festival. The Ukrainian Oscar Committee selected Homeward as its submission for Best International Feature Film for the 92nd Academy Awards.
Drama | Crimean Tatar/Ukrainian/Russian (with English subtitles) | 98 min | Watch the film online - available until 13 June 2021. Cost: £9.99 (for every purchase you make, the Ukrainian Institute London will receive a donation of £5 which we will use towards our projects).
Nariman Aliev, the director of Homeward, will be in conversation with Rory Finnin (University of Cambridge). Join us for a unique chance to hear about the making of the film, and pose your questions to Nariman!
This event will be held in English.
Tickets are also available via eventbrite.
FREE
Speaker
Nariman Aliev
Nariman Aliev is a Ukrainian Crimean Tatar director and screenwriter. He is a member of the European Film Academy and the Ukrainian Film Academy. As a director, he made three short films united in the trilogy Crimean Stories: Return with Sunrise (2013), Love You (2014), and Without You (2016). Each of the works screened in leading national and international film festivals, including Berlin International Film Festival, Palm Springs ShortFest, and Vancouver Film Festival.
Moderator
Rory Finnin
Dr Rory Finnin is University Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Ukrainian Studies at the University of Cambridge. He is the Founding Director of Cambridge Ukrainian Studies (2008-2018); former Head of the Department of Slavonic Studies (2014-18); and former Chair of the Cambridge Committee for Russian and East European Studies (CamCREES) (2011-18). Finnin received his PhD (with distinction) in Slavic Languages and Comparative Literature from Columbia University. He also holds Certificates from the Harriman Institute and from the Institute for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University. He is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Ukraine 1995-97) and a native of Cleveland, Ohio.
