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Watch Homeward | Evge | Додому (2019), directed by Nariman Aliev with Ukrainian Institute London.
Available 23 April – 13 June 2021.
Directed by Nariman Aliev, 2019
Drama | Crimean Tatar/Ukrainian/Russian (with English subtitles) | 98 min
Distributed in the UK and Ireland by New Wave Films
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.
The film is available to watch from 23 April until 13 June 2021. Once purchased, you will be able to watch the film for the next 48 hours. 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).
Q&A with Nariman Aliev, director of Homeward.
Moderated by Rory Finnin (University of Cambridge).
2 June at 18:30 London | 20:30 Kyiv, online.
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.
