odessa

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 5 August 2016, Odessa activists held an event to remind Ukraine and the world about Ukrainian political prisoners kept in Russia, in particular, about Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov who was convicted to 20 years in prison and conveyed to Yakutsk.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Date: August 5, 2016, 7 p.m. Venue: Odesa city garden, Odesa city, Ukraine

9-day film marathon swept over Odessa with its main results summed up on 23 July, when the winners were announced during the Closing Ceremony with a special appearance of U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt.

16 July, Odessa’s Treasure of European Film Culture – the Potyomkin Steps – gathered around 10,000 spectators for an open-air screening of the international silent film classics.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 7th Mute Nights Festival of Silent Films and Contemporary Music Date: 8-10 July, 2016 Venue: Marine Passenger Terminal, Odesa

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 15-23 July 2016, Odessa will for the 7th time host the International Film Festival.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Today Odessa has become a patriotic capital of Ukraine and set up a new record of vyshyvanka dressed people standing in chain.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 23 August, a 24-metre-long Ukrainian flag was traditionally unfolded on Odessa Potemkin Steps as a part of theVyshyvanka Festival. This Flag Day event takes place in Odessa for the 7th time already.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 21 August, on the eve of Ukraine’s Flag and Independence Days Odessa commemorated all Ukrainian soldiers and volunteers fallen in the Russian-Ukrainian war during the last 1.5 year.

3 August, around 3:18 in the morning, an explosion went off in Odessa in the Self-Defence Head-Quarters, 35 Kanatnaya Street (closer to the city centre).