The 21st Docudays UA will be held at the Zhovten and KINO42 cinemas, at Budynok Kino and online on the DOCUSPACE platform.
If you want to attend festival screenings and events, you have the opportunity to buy passes, tickets, take advantage of discounts or pre-purchased industry accreditation, and to get professional media accreditation. Please note the algorithm for action in case of an air raid warning.
TICKETS
EVENTS THAT REQUIRE TICKETS
On 1–9 June — for all film screenings at the Zhovten Cinema.
Ticket price: UAH 60–120, depending on the screening.
Festival screenings take place from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. The ticket gives you the right to take a free seat in the audience, except for those already reserved by the Festival. One ticket can be used only by one viewer to attend one screening.
FREE ACCESS:
discussions and Q&A;
DOCU/SYNTHESIS events and the Ukraine War Archive project;
DOCU/CLASS events;
events of the RIGHTS NOW! human rights programme.
Pre-registration is required for some events, which will be indicated in the programme.
Access to the Festival Opening Ceremony and the Awards Ceremony is by invitations and tickets. Pass holders will also be able to reserve a ticket for the event if tickets remain available.
WHERE TO BUY TICKETS
You can buy tickets at the festival ticket offices and on the docudays.ua website starting on 24 May. The sale or reservation of tickets with passes and accreditations stops 10 minutes before the start of the screening.
FESTIVAL TICKET OFFICE:
Zhovten Cinema, Kostiantynivska St, 26.
Cash desks are open from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
(here you can only buy tickets for screenings held at the Zhovten Cinema)
KINO42, Kostiantynivska St, 11-B.
Cash desks are open from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
(here you can only buy tickets for screenings held at KINO42)
Online film screenings on docuspace.org, as well as ticket sales for these screenings, will begin on 2 June. All films on docuspace.org can only be watched on the territory of Ukraine
DISCOUNTS
FREE TICKETS FOR PENSIONERS, COMBAT VETERANS AND WAR VETERANS
Pensioners, participants in military operations, combat veterans and war veterans can obtain a free ticket at the festival ticket office upon presenting an appropriate ID. You can obtain only one ticket per screening. It is impossible to take tickets for simultaneous screenings. You can receive the ticket at the ticket office on the eve or on the day of the screening.
Students receive a 50% discount when purchasing tickets.
The discount ticket is valid at the entrance to the cinema hall on condition that you show an appropriate ID to a controller.
FESTIVAL PASSES
Cinephiles can get a festival pass which will allow them to attend a large number of screenings and save money. With the festival pass you can book the tickets for screenings held at the Zhovten Cinema starting 31 May to 6 June. You can obtain only one ticket per screening. It is impossible to take tickets for simultaneous screenings.
Until 30 May:
Pass price: UAH 800.
Student pass: UAH 500.
From 31 May:
Pass price: UAH 1200.
Student pass: UAH 700.
To purchase a pass, give your given name, surname, email and phone number. If the payment is processed successfully, you will receive an email with the necessary information and a certificate. The certificate will not display your name.
If you are a student, please give the number of your student ID during purchase. You will also have to present your student ID when you collect your pass.
On 22 May you will receive an electronic PDF-badge on your email. For environmental reasons you can refuse to have your paper badge printed while ordering a pass.
The pass allows you to:
book up to 5 tickets simultaneously online from 24 May;
if you wish to book the next ticket after already having booked 5 tickets, you must use one of the bookings or revoke one of them by following the link;
book one ticket per screening;
access events at the Zhovten Cinema from 1 to 6 June;
book tickets for an opening ceremony held on 31 May if there are free seats available;
use ‘happy minutes’ if you did not book a ticket in advance;
if you lose the badge, it can be renewed at the accreditation service by providing documents certifying your identity.
FESTIVAL ACCREDITATIONS
Who can receive it:
Media representatives can obtain press and media accreditation. Please fill out the form following the link.
Film professionals can obtain the DOCU/PRO film industry accreditation.
DOCU/PRO INDUSTRY ACCREDITATION
Industry accreditation can be obtained by directors, producers, cinematographers, distributors, festival programmers, film students, and everyone who is active in the film industry in Ukraine and abroad.
Until 19 May:
Pass price: UAH 850.
From 20 May:
Pass price: UAH 1200.
DOCU/PRO ACCREDITATION ALLOWS YOU TO:
See more details here.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE THE START OF THE SCREENING
1. Ticket sales stop 10 minutes before the start of the screening.
2. We will be grateful if you take your seat in the audience 10 minutes before the start of the screening.
3. If you have not booked a ticket with a festival pass or accreditation, you can try to use ‘happy minutes’. This is an option that allows you to take free seats in the audience (subject to their availability). Entrance to the hall is granted according to the instructions of the controller after the start of the screening on a first-come-first-served basis.
4. Pass holders who are late can also try to use ‘happy minutes’ and join the queue. If you are more than 10 minutes late, we cannot guarantee the availability of free seats in the audience.
5. Please bring drinks to the hall only in closed bottles or sealed thermal cups. Due to the specifics of the festival screening, we do not allow popcorn or other food to be brought into the hall.
THE TICKET WILL BE CANCELLED IF:
1. You violate the rules of the Festival or your behaviour may cause damage to the property of the cinema, is offensive and unacceptable to the audience, employees of the Festival and the cinema;
2. You take photos and videos in the hall during the film screening, unauthorised by the festival organiser(s).
The cost of a cancelled ticket is non-refundable.
WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF AN AIR RAID WARNING
In the event of an air raid warning, the screening will be interrupted, and we will ask you to leave the hall and go to the nearest shelter: either directly in the Zhovten Cinema (designed for 70 places), or to the nearest metro station, Kontraktova Ploshcha. Our volunteers will help you find your way to a safe place.
