The "Watch Ukrainian!" Association Invites You to the KinoBouquet Festival at Bouquet Kyiv Stage 2026
📍 From 13 to 16 August, the Watch Ukrainian! Association will present the KinoBouquet Festival as part of the international high arts festival Bouquet Kyiv Stage, held at the National Sanctuary Saint Sophia of Kyiv.
The festival's unifying theme is "Armed with Beauty."
✨ Four days of Ukrainian cinema, art, and conversations about what matters most. For the seventh time, KinoBouquet will bring together filmmakers, renowned artists, and audiences to reflect on the present, preserve memory, discover new stories, and shape the future.
The festival programme includes:• the opening of the Veterans Theatre photo exhibition;• pre-premiere screenings of the documentary films Capable and Veterans Theatre;• thematic film programmes: Armed with Beauty, a showcase of Ukrainian animation, and a selection of films by emerging Ukrainian directors;• Under the Ash Tree discussions on cultural diplomacy and cultural genocide;• The Kobzar Meadow – a unique space celebrating the living traditions of the kobza, bandura, and lira, performed by authentic bearers of the Ukrainian kobzar and lirnyk heritage.
Most importantly, the festival offers the atmosphere that brings us together in Saint Sophia year after year—a place where cinema inspires dialogue, culture becomes a language of unity, and shared experiences become a source of hope and inspiration.
The full programme will be announced soon.
Admission to all events is free with a valid entrance ticket to the Saint Sophia of Kyiv museum complex (UAH 500 standard / UAH 250 concession). Combat veterans are admitted free of charge.
▫️ KinoBouquet is organized by the Watch Ukrainian! Association in cooperation with Dom Master Klass Cultural Center, with the support of the MHP-Hromadi Foundation, the State Film Agency of Ukraine, Deloitte Ukraine, the cultural institution Mizhvukhamy, and Babylon Company.