Registration REQUIRED by 4pm on October 8, 2025 in order to attend this event.
Please join the Ukrainian Film Club at the Harriman Institute for a screening of the 2024 feature documentary "Viktor," directed by Olivier Sarbil. Olivier Sarbil and the story's protagonist Viktor Korotovsky will be in attendance to discuss the film with viewers. The discussion will be moderated by Yuri Shevchuk.
Viktor, a young deaf man in the city of Kharkiv, warily watches the enemy's onslaught on his hometown in the early days of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. A fan of samurai films, raised on stories of war, he dreams of becoming a warrior but is repeatedly turned away when he tries to enlist in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Eager to give his life purpose, Viktor embarks on a quest to find his place in the midst of a war he cannot hear. The film premiered at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in September 2024 and was featured in the prestigious Platform Prize program.
The richly atmospheric black-and-white documentary is a true piece of art and a novel war of storytelling that erases the line of separation between the protagonist and the viewer.
In Ukrainian and Russian with English subtitles.
