The penultimate day of the third edition of Ukraine’s first and only LGBTQ+ film festival, Sunny Bunny in Kyiv, will be remembered for a loud, sleepless night.
And it wasn’t because of the parties — it was due to a massive Russian missile and drone attack, one of the largest since the invasion began. The morning after, I met the film festival director Bohdan Zhuk and PR director Tasia Pugach on the bench in front of the Zhovten movie theater.
“At some point I felt a blast wave,” Zhuk said while rolling a cigarette, as Pugach recounted how she spent the night with a cat in an underground parking. Regardless, they’ve got work planned for the day, which includes constantly adapting to new realities. While the Sunny Bunny festival is a war baby born in 2023, this year’s edition faced other obstacles.
A major blow came from the cancellation of Usaid funding,...
And it wasn’t because of the parties — it was due to a massive Russian missile and drone attack, one of the largest since the invasion began. The morning after, I met the film festival director Bohdan Zhuk and PR director Tasia Pugach on the bench in front of the Zhovten movie theater.
“At some point I felt a blast wave,” Zhuk said while rolling a cigarette, as Pugach recounted how she spent the night with a cat in an underground parking. Regardless, they’ve got work planned for the day, which includes constantly adapting to new realities. While the Sunny Bunny festival is a war baby born in 2023, this year’s edition faced other obstacles.
A major blow came from the cancellation of Usaid funding,...
- 4/28/2025
- by Sonya Vseliubska
- Indiewire
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