Doors open 6:15PM

Film starts at 7:00PM

Join us for an exclusive fundraising event for the UCU Helps Ukraine project at Revue Cinema in the cozy Roncesvalles area of Toronto, starring Polina Snisnarenko and Dima Yaroshenko. Not available for viewing on any other platform in Canada, Julia Blue is a story about a girl inspired by the protest she witnessed in Kyiv during the 2014 Revolution of Dignity. Julia volunteers at the military hospital for injured soldiers returning from the front in Eastern Ukraine, where she meets "English", a soldier who was recently admitted. Featuring breathtaking cinematography from metropolitan Kyiv to the sweeping landscapes of the Carpathian Mountains, the heart and soul of Ukraine is on display with Julia Blue.

Writer and director Roxy Toporowych is a first-generation Ukrainian-American filmmaker based in NYC and will be joining us for a live Q&A after the screening of Julia Blue. Heavily influenced by her upbringing, her work focuses on stories about independent women and the Eastern European culture she just can't shake.

It is by Roxy's skill and hard work that Julia Blue has received the following awards and recognitions:

2020 Best Film - Cambria Film Festival

2019 Best International Feature - Mystic Film Festival

2019 Best International Feature - Female Eye Film Festival

2019 Jury Prize Winner Best Director. Sonoma Intl FF

2018 Jury Prize Winner Best Director World Cinema, Woodstock FF

2018 Jury Prize Best Film - Julien Dubuque Film Festival

2018 Jury Prize Best Film - Anchorage Film Festival

2016 IFP Narrative Lab Fellow - New York, NY

2016 IFP deepEuphoria Calvin Klein 'Live the Dream' Grant Winner

2014/15 - Fulbright Scholar - Kyiv, Ukraine

*Rooftop Films 2017 - Work In Progress

*Seattle International Film Festival 2017 - Work in Progress Forum

*Women in Film LA - Finishing Fund Recipient 2018

LINKS:

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZQx7gWdpgQ

Proceeds from this event will go to support the UCU Helps Ukraine project: https://ucuws.com/ucu%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%81-helps-ukraine#0390c5bb-3f54-47b9-86a5-b62f6f800301