VIP reception ticket

Please secure your ticket to Ukrainian bites and beverage, meet the Writer and Producer Oleksandr Shchur from Odessa, who will share behind-the-scenes of the Bucha fim, a story based on true events, narrative about humanity and heroism of ukrainian people while under Russian occupation.

JCC Theater ticket

Please, secure your ticket for JCC movie screening, ticket profits wil go to Leonid foundation

Trailer

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About the movie

BUCHA is a feature drama film based on actual events in Bucha, Vorzel, and Hostomel (Kyiv region of Ukraine) during the Russian occupation in the first months of the war in February-March 2022. 

The main character, Konstantin Gudauskas, is a Lithuanian Jew who is a citizen of Kazakhstan, and a political activist who received asylum in Ukraine. He decided to fight against Russia's evil aggression in Ukraine, a country that became his home. Konstantin saved 203 people.The film tells about the rescue of local residents by Konstantin Gudauskas. When the Russian invasion began, Konstantin was allowed to cross into the territory occupied by Russian troops because of his Kazakh passport. Once there, he was able to extract Ukrainian civilians out of the occupied territory into safety. He not only saved people, but also became an eyewitness to all the horrors of war and occupation. 

This war continues  two plus years later.The main roles in the film BUCHA were played by the famous Polish theater and film actor Cezary Lukaszewicz and Ukrainian film star Vyacheslav Dovzhenko.

The film BUCHA directed by Stanislav Tiunov and the film's producer and screenwriter is Oleksandr Shchur.

Links: Bucha team, IMDb profile of Oleksandr Shchur

Q/A

A post movie Discussion organized by a fellow humanist, Cindy Farkas Glazrock, who is a Podcast host and founder of  “Inside the She Cave.” Cindy will lead a conversation with Alex Shchur, the producer and screenwriter of BUCHA with other Ukrainian Freedom Fighters -  including historians, diplomats, authors and supporters.