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60% Rotten Tomatoes Music by Zoe BarryJed Palmer Edited by Kitty Green Initial release 4 September 2013 Music director Jed Palmer, Zoë Barry | 6.3/10 IMDb Directed by Kitty Green Cinematography Michael Latham Productioncompany Noise & Light Director Kitty Green | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ukraine Is Not a Brothel is a 2013 Australian film directed by Kitty Green. The film debuted at the 70th Venice International Film Festival, although it was not part of the competition. The documentary concerns the FEMEN (Фемен) movement, a feminist protest group originating from Ukraine.
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The film is a documentary on the activities of FEMEN, a Ukrainian feminist movement known for topless protests. The filmmaker Kitty Green followed the activists for over a year, in Ukraine, Belarus and Turkey. It documents the protests and the resulting harassments and arrests over a span of fourteen months. The film showcases the four activists who form the core of the film.
The documentary shows Viktor Sviatsky as a driving force of the group FEMEN. He is the manipulator of all the protests and, in essence, commander of the females.
The activists of FEMEN participated in the promotion of the documentary. They claimed that the situation in the film, i.e. under the leadership of Viktor Sviatsky, is actually part of the past, since he was ejected from the movement in 2012
Cast
The four principal women of FEMEN (Фемен):
Release
The film was screened out of competition at the 70th Venice International Film Festival of Venice. At the festival photocall the activists appeared topless, as is usual for their protests
Critical Reception
Although no approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes has been made yet, the Want-To-See score is currently 100%, also, Rotten Tomatoes critics, Glenn Dunks and Christopher Schobert gave the film positive reviews.
Accolades
On 9 September 2014, Ukraine is Not a Brothel won for the Best Feature Length Documentary by Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts, awarded at the 4th AACTA Awards at The Star Event Centre, Sydney, New South Wales in late January 2015