On 18 May 2021 on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of the Crimean Tatar Deportation and the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Crimean Tatar Genocide, the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Finland invites all interested persons to watch a documentary film "1944. Crimea. Deportation".

The film will be available for streaming from 16.00 to 20.00 on 18 May at the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9foUlWJVEjI 

The film is kindly provided for exclusive screening by FRESH PRODUCTION GROUP.

Synopsis:

On 18 May 1944, at 5am, someone knocked at the doors of all Crimean Tatars. Men were still on the frontline, and only women, children, and senior people were in Crimea. They were taken from their homes, put on cargos for cattle, and left in Central Asia and the Ural.

In the film, the story of deportation is told by people who suffered it. They share their memories of the days of deportation; freight trains; the first years in exile, when thousands of people were dying of hunger and diseases; and how they managed to survive in such inhuman conditions. In total, 191,044 Crimean Tatars were forcibly deported, and 46 % of them subsequently died.

The film allows the audiences to find out more about the tragedy of the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people in 1944, and let them feel and share the pain of history — so that such things will never happen again.

Documentary “1944. Crimea. Deportation” won the main prize in the international documentary section at the Antakya 8th International Film Festival in Turkey (2020).

Film’s directors: Fatima Osman and Yunus Pasha

Producers: Yulia Chernyavska, Oleh Shcherbyna

Production: Fresh Production Group

World premiere: August 25, 2020

Time: 60 minutes

Language: Ukrainian/Crimean Tatar with English subtitles