UFACE

03/11/2025

Famous Ukrainian traveller and filmmaker Anton Ptushkin embarks on a special charity tour in Spain with his breathtaking documentary "Antarctica" — the story of Ukrainian scientists living and working at the remote Vernadsky Research Base.

📍 Organised by UFACE (Ukrainians For the Arts, Culture and Education) and Semana del Cine Ucraniano, the tour will take place in four Spanish cities:

🗓 Tour Schedule:
🇪🇸 Madrid — 5 November, 8:00 PM — MK2 Palacio de Hielo
🇪🇸 Alicante — 6 November, 7:00 PM — Kinepolis
🇪🇸 Valencia — 8 November, 4:00 PM & 7:30 PM — Kinepolis
🇪🇸 Barcelona — 9 November, 4:00 PM — Mooby Bosque

Each event includes a Q&A with Anton and a charity auction featuring exclusive Antarctic memorabilia.

💛💙 100% of profits will be donated to the Come Back Alive Foundation .in.ua

📽️ Language: Ukrainian with English subtitles
⏰ Duration: 2.5 hours

We welcome you to enjoy this breathtaking film, to meet Anton Ptushkin in person, and make a real impact with your donations!

🎟️ Tickets available now

https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/antartida-de-anton-ptushkin-en-espana-4739543

Join Anton Ptushkin in person for a special charity screening of his travel documentary Antarctica, followed by an exclusive Q&A session.

10/03/2024

9th of March is the birthday of the most prominent poet in Ukrainian history - Taras Shevchenko.

We celebrate this day with the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine, a state award for the most outstanding works of literature, art, theatre, music and journalism, which are considered the pinnacle of the spiritual heritage of the Ukrainian people.

On this day the following awards have been announced.

In the Journalism category, the prize winners are Yevhen Maloletka, Mstyslav Chernov, and Vasilisa Stepanenko for a series of journalistic works on the siege of Mariupol (reports, photo and video reports, investigations, and the film «20 Days in Mariupol»).

In the Music Art category was awarded to artist Susana Jamaladinova (Jamala) for the album Qirim.

Also in the Music Art category, composer Karmella Tsepkolenko received the prize for cantatas «Reading the History» based on the poetry of Oksana Zabuzhko.

In the Literature category, the prize was awarded to poet and servicewoman Yaryna Chornohuz for the poetry book «[dasein: defense of presence]» and to poet and serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Dmytro Lazutkin for the poetry book «Bookmark».

Artist Andriy Yermolenko received the award in the Visual Arts category for the series of artworks «Ukrainian resistance».

The laureates of the prize in the Theatrical Art category were stage director Ivan Uryvsky, production designer Tetiana Ovsiichuk, and choir conductor Susanna Karpenko for the performance «The Witch of Konotop» based on the story by Hryhoriy Kvitka-Osnovyanenko at the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater.

05/03/2024

UFACE is an acronym for Ukrainians For the Arts, Culture and Education 💙💛

This cultural non-profit association was founded in Madrid, Spain in 2023 with the scope and focus to develop and support Spanish and international projects that have at heart the enhacing and appreciation of Ukrainian culture and its artistic values.

We believe that culture and arts play a fundamental role in the identity of a group. In this regard – due mostly to the pervasive and lethal effect of soviet communism which homogenized all nations under one rule, whilst eradicating the past and destroying most artistic and culture expressions outside of its totalitarian sphere – Ukraine is in a particularly important crossroad in history, and in a position, after over a hundred years, to rediscover her roots, her voice and her destiny.

For the year 2024, our programs focus mainly in cinema, music and art, presenting the best Ukraine has to offer, to a new and very committed Western public, who – as much as we Ukrainians have – is discovering a friendly new neighbour and a lasting new friendship indeed!

Join our journey and discover Ukraine 🌺