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Oleksiy Radynski, 'Special Operation'

When Russian troops occupied Ukraine’s Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant on 24.02.22, in the very first hours of their all-out invasion of Ukraine, their activities were documented by CCTV cameras. They turned the territory of the nuclear power plant into a military base in an attempt to occupy the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, located just a hundred miles away. Special Operation is based on that footage, recorded at the site of the worst nuclear disaster in history, creating an almost disembodied examination of military logic.

The talk will be followed by a Q&A moderated by Vasyl Cherepanyn, Kyiv Biennial.

Special Operation, 2025, 65’, Ukraine-Lithuania, directed by Oleksiy Radynski, produced by Lyuba Knorozok, Kinotron Group / Studija Kinema 

Oleksiy Radynski is a filmmaker and writer based in Kyiv. His films have been presented at the Berlinale, International Film Festival Rotterdam, and Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, where he won the Grand Prix for Chornobyl 22. His texts have been published by e-flux journal, The Atlantic, and Die Tageszeitung, among other publications. Since 2008, he’s been involved with the Visual Culture Research Center in Kyiv. Radynski is also a co-founder of the filmmaking collective Kinotron Group.

Meeting point: KW Institute for Contemporary Art, 4th floor

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