Ukraine Benefit: Animation by Linoleum

In these challenging times, it is important to showcase the beauty and variety of Ukrainian animation. This programme is curated by Linoleum, the International Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival that is held in Kyiv every year, since 2014. The festival is the biggest platform for short independent animation in Ukraine.

A message from Anastasiya Verlinska, director of Linoleum:

Our lives changed forever on February 24^th, 2022. Not just the Ukrainian ones, but the European ones as well. While Ukraine is on fire, protecting its own existence, Ukrainian artists become soldiers, fighters, territorial defenders, and volunteers. 

We don’t have this illusion that art can be a real weapon right now, same as the words of concern. But it could be the bridge between us and Europe that is finally ready to understand what is so special about Ukraine that the evil empire is ready to start World War III and put the whole world under atomic danger.

Watch Ukrainian short animations from the time “before the war”.

The programme has been curated for Kaboom Animation Festival Amsterdam, who shared the programme with animation festivals all around Europe to support Ukrainian animation and show solidarity with the artists from Ukraine. Any profits from this special programme will go to Linoleum Festival to continue their support for Ukrainian animation.