We invite you to a film screening, during which, together with archivist Oksana Avramenko, we will watch amateur films from the collections of the Urban Media Archive of the Center for Urban History.
- 9.05.2026, 15:00
- Rivne Regional Philharmonic, Artistic plinth
Filming tourist trips is one of the most popular subjects in family and amateur film archives. In addition to documenting leisure activities in recreational areas and facilities, the lenses of amateur filmmakers also captured sites of multicultural historical heritage. A neglected Jewish cemetery, the silent fortifications of a cave city, the ruins of a princely castle, the colourful Hutsul market and the coastline of an ancient city — these often serve as locations that attract the eye with their unexplored nature or novelty, or as a background against which families and friends pose for the camera.
What makes it into the frame of travellers’ footage when they find themselves in unfamiliar surroundings? What cultural markers, experiences and practices, situated at the intersection of nostalgia and appropriation, does their camera capture and reveal? How does amateur filmmaking transform the spaces being filmed and combine memory, visualisation and a sense of belonging? What do framing choices reveal about the person looking at landmarks through the viewfinder?
The event will take place as part of the public program of the “REHERIT 2.0: Common Responsibility for Shared Heritage” project — “Weaving the Heritage“. “REHERIT 2.0 is implemented by the Center for Urban History and the Regional Development Center of the PPV Economic Development Agency with the financial support of the European Union.
This publication was created with the financial assistance of the European Union. Its content is the sole responsibility of the partners of the “REHERIT 2.0” project and does not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.
Cover Image: in the Basilica of Chersonesus, a still from the film “With Grandpa. Sevastopol. Uncle Vanya. Alupka”, 1989, collection of Tetyana Dorodnitsyna / Urban Media Archive of the Center for Urban History
