Ukrainian Movie Screening Fundraiser

3940 Benton Ln NE,Seattle WA 98105

20 May, 2022

Description

A fundraising screening of the Ukrainian movie “Bad Roads” - a 2021 Oscar nominee for the Best International Film. Ukrainian Association of Washington State, Hong Kong Democracy & Human Rights Association at UW and Reason8films are proud to present to you a screening of the Ukrainian movie “Bad Roads” - a 2021 Oscar nominee for the Best International Film. Join us to watch an omnibus drama about fraught encounters in Ukraine’s conflict zones. Please, register and make a what-you-can donation. Your donation will be split to go directly to the filmmakers who are now helping Ukraine to win its heroic fight and to go towards purchase of incubators for prematurely born babies in Ukraine due to war. After the screening we will have a discussion with Ukrainian art community representatives Sashko Danylenko and Anastasia Babenkoand a remote presentation from the film maker about the main ideas, real events that inspired the play and the filmmaking process. Movie will be screened in its original language (Ukrainian) with English subtitles. Recommended age for the movie is 18+. Sashko Danylenko is a filmmaker, visual storyteller, illustrator and multimedia artist from Ukraine. (https://www.ted.com/profiles/5734168/about ) and Anastasia Babenko is Ukrainian writer and director, currently based in Seattle (https://www.anastasiababenko.com/bio ). Venue location is 3940 Benton Ln NE, Seattle, WA at UW Guggenheim Hall - it is located just on the east side of the Drumheller Fountain Transportation Options: Parking: Park at any UW parking lots listed below for $6/day after 4pm (visitor daily permit) EXCEPT Central Garage under Red Square. There's two methods: SELF-SERVE - Go to these parking lots with pay machine/PayByPhone, the closest and biggest lot is N20/21 Padelford Garage with escalators up (5 min walk), N22 for ADA only https://transportation.uw.edu/park/visitor/self-serve GATEHOUSE - Purchase permit in-person to a closer lot C17,C15,C14,C22, only Central Plaza Garage and South Gatehouse are currently open. https://transportation.uw.edu/park/visitor Transit: 5 min walk up Rainier Vista from light rail link UW station https://www.facebook.com/reason8films https://www.facebook.com/Hong-Kong-Democracy-Human-Rights-Association-at-UW-101908301323609/ https://uaws.org/ https://www.washington.edu/classroom/GUG+220