Ukrainian Canadian Congress
Montreal: The 75-minute feature documentary Genocide Revealed on the Kremlin-engineered genocide of the Ukrainian nation has won “Best Historical Film” at the Honolulu International Film Awards. The award was presented to the film’s director Yurij Luhovy on the 20th year of the awards competition whose mission is “to recognize the finest in independent cinema”. Over 5,000 entries in various categories were received from around the world.
The formal presentation took place on May 7 at the awards banquet at the famous Ilikai Hotel in Honolulu where the Hawaii 5-O series was launched. Mr. Luhovy accepted the award “in memory of the victims of the Ukrainian genocide, so that they may never be forgotten”.
Following the banquet many came up to the filmmaker to inquire about the film’s production and the 1932-33 Holodomor – of which they heard for the first time.
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