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19 November 2008 11:14

Film Prt sent, Based on Ukraine 3000 Foundation’s Candle in the Window Holodomor Poster Competition

November 18, 2008, the Poster 2003 documentary was presented at the opening of the week of commemorating the memory of 1932-1933 Manmade Famine in Ukraine victims.

The film features posters by participants of the Candle in the Window competition dedicated to Holodomor, committed for safekeeping to the Central State Literature and Arts Museum-Archive of Ukraine by the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Foundation in 2003.

The presentation was hosted by the Kobzar Chamber of the Ukrainian House during the Ukraine’s Archives’ Contribution into Restoring Historical Memory (for the 75th Anniversary of the 1932-1933 Manmade Famine in Ukraine): State Archives’ Progress Report on the Plan of Events Dedicated to the 75th Anniversary of the 1932-1933 Manmade Famine in Ukraine inter-departmental session.

The idea of the film belongs to Director of the Central State Literature and Arts Museum-Archive of Ukraine L. Skrypka.

The Candle in the Window contest of posters on Holodomor was initiated by the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Foundation in 2003. 402 works were submitted by 132 artists aged from 6 to 63. The best 63 works were selected for public presentation at an exhibition November 22 – December 10, 2003, at the Central State Literature and Arts Museum-Archive of Ukraine. The posters displayed at this exhibition were donated to the museum-archive. The next two competitions were held in 2007 and 2008. The best works from those contests are now presented at the exhibition at Ukrainian House as part of the Holodomor of 1932-1933: the Genocide against the Ukrainian People all-Ukrainian exhibition.