The documentary film "I AM A MONUMENT TO MYSELF" profiles Eugen Hvatov, a man from Western Ukraine who has dedicated himself to memorializing the dead. Since childhood, Hvatov has had a strong connection to gravesites, and he has authored over 100 memorials. His memorials aim to prevent forgetting and teach local communities about their history and ancestors. The film follows Hvatov as he designs and erects a memorial for German soldiers who died in the village. It also shows his efforts to promote reconciliation.

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"I AM A MONUMENT TO MYSELF"
58 min
Ukraine, 2010
AVAILABLE : WORLDWIDE
Language: Ukrainian, English subtitles
DEMO: http://vimeo.com/32840916
The land of Western Ukraine has always been in the crossroads of interests of many countries. This resulted in human lives
being intertwined in the most peculiar ways. The character of Eugen Hvatov performs an important social mission: he deals
with memory. Since childhood he has demonstrated strange love for graves, at present he is the author of more than 100
memorials. His homespun philosophy combines cosmopolitanism and asceticism with an active and provocative role in daily
life of the local community. His monuments stop people from forgetting, they teach them to remember their history and their
ancestors. In the course of the film we watch making and setting of the memorial to German soldiers fallen in actions which
took place near the village and some more gestures of reconciliation by this non-conventional character.
Molodist international film festival 2010– the best film Ukrainian documentary
NYC kinofest - New York, USA, February 2010
Docudays Human Rights Film Festival – Kyiv, Ukraine, March 2010
GoEast Film Festival – Wiesbaden, Germany, April 2010
Golden Pectoral TV film festival – Truskavec, Ukraine, best historical documentary - Krakow film festival – Krakow,
Poland, May 2010
Brave festival – Wroclav, Poland, July 2010
Tranzit film festival – Poznan, Poland, August 2010
KinoLev film festival – Lviv, Ukraine, August 2010, The best Ukrainian documentary
CinePecs film festival – Budapest, Hungary, October 2010
Romania International film festival – Buharest, Romania, October 2010
Pravo Ljudske Film festival – Sarajevo, November 2010
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