The Film
Theater is a refuge, a protest, a mirror. Artists are both witnesses and visionaries. From Kherson to Stockholm’s Teater Giljotin, two stages connected by a shared question: What is art’s role when the world is breaking apart?
Join us for the screening of (Im)possible to Stay / Лишатися (Не) Можна, 2023, Dir. Serhii Zeinalov (Ukraine), 104’ -- a powerful film about the artists of the Kherson Theater who joined pro-Ukrainian rallies in the first days of the occupation and were later forced to flee. Those who stayed spent months creating underground, in the theater’s basement, keeping art, and life, alive. Trailer.
Screened at Teater Giljotin, this film becomes a bridge between two theaters, two cities, and one shared act of resistance.
As Ukraine undergoes a profound cultural renaissance, artists across the country are transforming loss into vision and rebuilding identity through creation. Join the post-screening conversation on creative resistance, cultural renewal, and the artist’s role in times of rupture.
