On October 31 at 18:30, Jam Factory Art Center will host a screening of “Special Operation”, a film by Oleksiy Radynski. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the director Oleksiy Radynski and producer Lyuba Knorozok.
RegistrationAbout the film
“When the Russian army occupied the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant in February 2022, they turned off some of the surveillance cameras — but others kept recording. In this feature-length documentary, composed entirely of footage from those surveillance cameras, Oleksiy Radynski and his team reveal to the world the silent horror of the occupation and the banality of evil unleashed by the Russian army in Ukraine,” — historian Serhii Plokhy.
The world premiere of Special Operation took place at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2025. The film was created within The Reckoning Project, a documentation initiative focused on Russian war crimes, and supported by RIBBON International, the Lithuanian Film Centre, the European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian Films, and the Laboratory of Journalism of Public Interest.
About the director and producer
Oleksiy Radynski — a filmmaker and screenwriter based in Kyiv. His films have been shown at the Berlinale, International Film Festival Rotterdam, and other major film festivals. He is a recipient of the Felix Sobolev Award, Kinokolo Award, and Golden Dzyga, as well as prizes at the Oberhausen, Docudays, KISFF, and Molodist film festivals.
Lyuba Knorozok — producer of documentary and fiction films. She is a co-founder of Kinotron Group and a producer with The Reckoning Project. Her recent works include Special Operation and Where Russia Ends (both directed by Oleksiy Radynski), and Forever-Forever directed by Anna Buryachkova.
The screening will be held in the original languages (Ukrainian and Russian). The discussion will be conducted in Ukrainian.
When: October 31, 18:30
Where: Lviv, 124 B. Khmelnytskoho St., “Auditorium” Hall
Free admission with registration:
The Stammering Circle is a project of Faktura 10, a core initiative of RIBBON International, curated by Marta Kuzma, Chief Curator and Artistic Director of Faktura 10. The foundational sites of The Stammering Circle exhibition are the Jam Factory Art Center, Dim42 LPE “Lviv Radio”, and the Machine Hall of Lviv Polytechnic National University.