Cinema: La Palisiada
Screening of the award-winning ironic detective drama La Palisiada, directed by Philip SotnychenkoEnglish: Ukraine, 1996. Five months before the country bans capital punishment, a detective and a forensic psychiatrist - once rivals in love - are drawn into the murder of their mutual friend and colleague.
As they investigate, old wounds reopen. What begins as a criminal case unravels into something far more personal.
La Palisiada is a slow-burning psychological drama where the ghosts of the Soviet past mix with the moral ambiguity of post-independence Ukraine. A film about love, guilt, and the subtle ways our unresolved dreams get passed down to the next generation.
A chilling portrait of a country on the brink of moral and political change.
La Palisiada was nominated for the European Discovery Prize by the European Film Academy, Ukraine’s entry for the Oscars 2024.