The compelling portrait of a founder of the FEMEN movement. July 23, 2018, is an important date for Oxana Chatchko: it marks the opening in Paris of her blasphemous icons. This initiates a long ramble through the city. Between her lovers, a journalist, an appointment for a residence permit, memories of her past as a Femen activist resurface, and with them, the betrayals and traumas suffered. As the day progresses, Oxana sinks deeper into a past from which she cannot escape. Will she manage to rediscover the passion necessary to keep living? Oxana Chatchko was not the most media-exposed opponent of the Russian power, nor even the most media-exposed among Femen. Yet, she was perhaps the brightest, most artistically inclined, and certainly the most radical in her stances.
In 2015, Neimënster had the honor of hosting her as part of the Luxembourg City Film Festival. She was invited to participate in the screening of the documentary "I am Femen" by Alain Margot. In 2025, to celebrate her memory and lifelong struggles, Neimënster and the LuxFilmFest (06.03 – 16.03) will present the biopic Oxana by Charlène Favier, chronicling the life of this exceptional woman. Her premature death in 2018 left a huge void. Born in 1987 in Ukraine, Oxana Chatchko developed a keen interest in drawing and a passion for Orthodox religious icons at a young age. From 2008, she participated in the early actions of Femen before they were topless. Of all, it is Oxana Chatchko who will remain one of the closest to the original purity of the project, advocating a guerrilla-communication, anarcho-feminist movement. Estranged from the movement due to internal discord, she contributed to the group's popularity, bringing feminist battles to the forefront of news.
Charlène Favier, born in 1985 in Bourg-Saint-Maurice, is a French director and screenwriter. She grew up in Savoie, where she took up competitive skiing before turning to cinema. After studying at EICAR and Prague Film School, she directed "Slalom" (2020), a drama about sexual abuse in sport, selected for the Cannes Film Festival. In 2023, she adapted the novel "The Girl You Call" by Tanguy Viel for Arte. She returns in 2024 with a biopic on Oksana Chatchko, one of the founders of the FEMEN movement.
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neimënster and LuxFilmFest (06.03 – 16.03)
Documentary: I am Femen
Director: Charlène Favier
Festival: Luxembourg City Film Festival
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