
War in Ukraine: Initiatives to support Filmmakers

Helping filmmakers can range from humanitarian aid (basic needs, medical, accommodation, relocation, legal – visa, residence permit), supporting filmmakers documenting the war with filming equipment and gear, showing video evidence of the war, access to work to relocated filmmakers (work permit, job ads), easy-to-access information on support available, support to finalize interrupted projects – to showing Ukrainian films.
Helping filmmakers outside Ukraine:
>>> International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risks’ Emergency fund for filmmakers providing humanitarian help: https://www.icfr.international/news/emergency-fund-for-filmmakers / contact@icfr.international
>> Filmmakers for Ukraine, a centralised information point listing various support schemes available locally to refugee filmmakers https://filmmakers-for-ukraine.com/
Helping filmmakers in Ukraine:
>>> UA network Babylon’13 https://www.facebook.com/donate/5100602859970668/10158141944241331/
>>> DocuDays UA https://docudays.ua/eng/donate/ incl. collection of war evidence initiative https://docudays.ua/eng/2022/news/kino/the-encyclopedia-of-war-the-archive-of-evidence-of-russias-crimes-against-ukraine/
We believe that filmmakers in Ukraine critically need our community’s support as they fall between the cracks of institutional support at this point. You can contribute by buying equipment for filmmakers documenting the war: get in touch with our office at office@filmdirectors.eu for more details.