Angelika Ustymenko

Angelika Ustymenko

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Angelika Ustymenko (they/them) is a non-binary queer artist and activist. They are a part of Rebel Queers whose actions are aimed to honour queer people and realise their liberation. In 2022, Angelika made a documentary about Ukrainian queer people during the war. Recently, they made a new documentary about queer people in the Ukrainian army as well as a fiction short film “Before Curfew”.

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Margot 2019

One night he came to her in a dream. She felt the touch she so longed for. But in the morning, even the memory of sleep faded.
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Ukrainian Queer Fighters for Freedom 2022 (9)

On February 24 at 6:31 a.m. for many, the morning began with calls from their partners saying: Please don't panic, but they started bombing Kyiv. At that moment a new reality started. The reality full of horror and pain. This documentary is about the experiences of queer people during the war.
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Before Curfew 2023

Two queer people meet on a train and spontaneously decide to get out in Kyiv and spend the day together. They hear explosions while talking about intimacy and tenderness. They share thoughts about living in this cruel reality. They share their pain. Their youth was stolen from them. Can they still feel something other than pain?