Our
Story
The Ukrainian Film Festival in Los Angeles was born in 2025 from a simple idea: Ukrainian stories deserve to be seen on the big screen — in the city that tells stories to the whole world.
Three Ukrainian organizations of Los Angeles — UNWLA Branch 111, the Ukrainian Art Center and the Ukrainian Culture Center — joined forces to bring the best of contemporary Ukrainian cinema to American audiences. The first festival, Cinema of Resilience, showed that people were ready to listen.
In 2026 we return with Frames of Freedom: two days of feature films and documentaries, meetings with filmmakers, and a community that believes culture is one of the strongest ways to stand with Ukraine.
Three organizations
Ukrainian
Art Center
Founding organizer of the festival. A Los Angeles nonprofit promoting and preserving Ukrainian art and culture in the United States.
UNWLA
Branch 111
The Los Angeles branch of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America — a century-old organization preserving Ukrainian heritage and supporting Ukraine.
Ukrainian
Culture Center
Host venue at 4315 Melrose Ave — the home of the Ukrainian community in Los Angeles for decades.
“To bring Ukrainian stories to the screens of Los Angeles — and Los Angeles closer to Ukraine.”
Editions
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2025Cinema of ResilienceNovember 21–23, 2025
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2026Frames of FreedomOctober 17–18, 2026
DISCOVERING UKRAINIAN CINEMA
CELEBRATING UKRAINIAN CULTURE
INSPIRING THE WORLD
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