Explosions near the museum (Vybukhy bilia muzeiu)

Storyline

Looted by Russian occupational forces between 24-26 October, the Kherson Museum of Local Lore used to house one of Southern Ukraine’s largest and oldest collections of antiquities. The museum featured more than 173000 objects, spanning seven thousand years, from Scythian gold to World War II weaponry. Two weeks before Kherson was liberated by the Ukrainians, Russian occupational forces enacted a strategic theft, stripping centuries of Ukrainian history from the museum.

About the film/director

Collaborating at the edge of visual art and cinema since 2013, Kyiv-based artists and filmmakers, Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk graduated as cinematographers from the Institute of Screen Arts in Kyiv, Ukraine. Focusing on the role of the extra, their works engage with imperialist mythologies. They were awarded the main award of the Pinchuk Art Centre Prize (2020) and VISIO Young Talent Acquisition Prize (2021). The duo also participated in the Future Generation Art Prize 2021, Baltic Triennial 14, Gothenburg Biennial 2023, and Kyiv Biennial, in the group shows at Haus der Kunst, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Albertinum and others. Their video works are in collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Fondazione In Between Art Film Rome, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, TBA21 and Frac Bretagne.

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Fiction Dedicated to the Youth of the World III / Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk / 2023 / 9 min. / Documentary 
Explosions Near The Museum / Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk / 2023 / 14 min. / Documentary 
How It's Made / Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk / 2021 / 35 min. / Experimental
Fiction So They Won’t Say We Don’t Remember / Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk / 2021 / 24 min. / Documentary 
Live Stream / 2020 / 17 min. / Experimental
Fiction New Jerusalem / Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk / 2020 / 77 min. / Documentary 
Dedicated to the Youth of the World II / Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk / 2019 / 9 min. / Documentary 
To Whom Have You Abandoned Us Our Father / Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk / 2018 / 9 min. /
Experimental Fiction State Institution / Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk / 2017 / 8 min. / Experimental Fiction

Credits

Director:

Yarema Malashchuk and Roman Khimei

Script:

Yarema Malashchuk and Roman Khimei

Camera:

Yarema Malashchuk and Roman Khimei

Editor:

Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk

Cast:

Clemens Poole

Producer:

Bjorn Heldhof and Andriy Lytvynenko

Contact:

Roman Khimei, Yarema Malashchuk

E-Mail:

yaremaandhimey@gmail.com

• Ukraine

• English
• 2023
• 13 min