Põgenemine Xinjiangist + Ukraina varastatud lapsed

9. aprillil tuleb Tartusse Briti ajakirjanik, dokumentalist ja teadlane Shahida Yakub (Tulaganova), kellel on 20aastane töökogemus BBCs ja Channel 4 ning teiste suurte meediakanalite juures. Ta on paljude rahvusvaheliste auhindade võitja, sealhulgas Rahvusvahelise Dokumentaalfilmide Assotsiatsioonilt (IDA) Courage Under Fire. Shahida on kogenud sõjakorrespondent, kes on töötanud Palestiina aladel, Afganistanis, Ida-Ukrainas (2014), Ukrainas (2022–2023), Süürias, Liibanonis ja Iraagis. Tema film „How to Plan a Revolution“ võitis esikoha Berliini filmifestivalil, „Airport Donetsk“ sai esikoha Läti festivalil Artdocfest. Shahida oli kaasprodutsent filmil „Cries from Syria“, mille eest ta nomineeriti Emmy teleauhindadele.

Tartusse tuleb ta koos oma kahe viimase teosega, millest esimene on juba tuntud „Ukraina varastatud lapsed“ (2023), mis käsitleb deporteeritud Ukraina laste tagasitoomist Vene Föderatsioonist, ja teine „Põgenemine Xinjiangist“ (2022), mis käsitleb vangilaagreid rahvusvähemustele Loode-Hiinas. Ürituse eesmärk on suhtluses publikuga tutvustada Shahida loomingut eri ühiskondade valuteemadel ja kogemusi töös konfliktpiirkondades. Põneva arutelu tekitamiseks näidatakse ürituste raames ka tema filme.

Shahida jätkab Ukraina laste otsimist ja nende tagasitoomist Vene Föderatsioonist koostöös heategevusorganisatsiooniga Ukrainian Child Rights Network. Shahida kaasabil toodi tagasi näiteks filmis näidatud tüdrukud ning juba pärast filmi õnnestus tal koos vabatahtlikega aidata tagasi orvuks jäänud Denis, keda kasutati ära Vene propagandamasinas. Shahida tööd on võimalik toetada annetusega. Ürituse piletite eest saadud raha kantakse täies ulatuses heategevusorganisatsioonile Ukrainian Child Rights Network.

NB! Üritus toimub inglise keeles.

Ürituse ajakava

17.00 – „Põgenemine Xinjiangist“. Filmile järgneb vestlus, mida modereerib Elo Süld (PhD), Tartu Ülikooli Aasia keskuse juhataja.

18.30 – „Ukraina varastatud lapsed“.Filmile järgneb vestlus, mida modereerib Dalisa Cisneros, MTÜ “International Women’s Network in Estonia -IWNE” kaasasutaja.

We are happy to announce that, on 9 April, Shahida Tulaganova, a British journalist, documentary film-maker, and researcher with 20 years of work experience at the BBC, Channel 4, and other large media channels will come to Tartu. She is a winner of many international awards, including Courage Under Fire from the International Documentary Association (IDA). Shahida is an experienced war correspondent who has worked in the Palestinian territories, Afghanistan, eastern Ukraine (2014), Ukraine (2022–2023), Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq. Her film How to Plan a Revolution won the first prize at the Berlin Film Festival, and Airport Donetsk won the first prize at the Artdocfest festival in Latvia. Shahida also co-produced Cries from Syria, for which she was nominated in three categories at the Emmy Awards.

Shahida comes to Tartu with her latest works, the first of which is the renowned Ukraine’s Stolen Children (2023), which focuses on returning deported Ukrainian children from the Russian Federation, and the second one is Fleeing Xinjiang (2022), which shows prison camps for minorities in north-western China. The aim of the event is to introduce, through interaction with the audience, Shahida’s work on acute socio-political issues and experience of working in conflict zones. Her films will also be screened during the event to generate an exciting debate.

Shahida continues to seek Ukrainian children to bring them back from the Russian Federation in co-operation with the Ukrainian Child Rights Network. With Shahida’s help, for example, the girls featured in the film were returned, and after filming, together with volunteers, she helped return the orphaned teenager Denis, whom the Russian propaganda machine had been exploiting. It is possible to help Shahida’s work by donating to her cause. All funds collected from the ticket sales will be transferred to the charity organisation the Ukrainian Child Rights Network (see the QR code).

The event will be held in English.

Event schedule:

17:00 – Fleeing Xinjiang. The screening is followed by a discussion moderated by Elo Süld (PhD), Head of the Centre for Asian Studies, University of Tartu.

18:30 – Ukraine’s Stolen Children.The screening is followed by a discussion moderated by Dalisa Cisneros, co-founder of the non-profit “International Women’s Network in Estonia -IWNE”.