Animated short "Mariupol. A Hundred Nights" tells us a story of a little girl, who wakes up on February 24th because of the air alert and tries to find someone living in the burning city to survive. The main character is inspired by the story of Alisa, a 4 year girl, who stayed in the blocked Mariupol during the whole time, she was also at Azovstal during the last month of defense. When russians allowed the evacuation of civilians from Asovstal, Alisa was separated from her mother.

The film was initiated by Gogolfest, a Ukrainian festival of contemporary art, which last 5 years was involved deeply in the cultural life of Mariupol, and was also created as part of a creative collaboration in the "Belief Matters" project between the German team "Ogalala Kreuzberg" and Mariupol-based "Theatromaniia".

Even before Russia started the full-scale war against Ukraine, the ukrainian harbour city of Mariupol was a place, where the latent threat to the country from Russia was part of everyday reality.
Located in Donbass region in the south-east of the country, Mariupol was separated only 20 km from the border to the occupied areas of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics.
Because of its exposed location as the last purely ukrainian city before the demarcation line, Mariupol always had a special geostrategic importance not only for Ukraine itself, but also for the whole Europe.

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION INVADED THE TERRITORY OF UKRAINE ON FEBRUARY 24, 2022 AT 5 AM.
MARIUPOL HAS BEEN BOMBED SINCE THE FIRST DAYS OF THE WAR. ABOUT 90% OF THE CITY IS DESTROYED THERE. THIS WAS A PLACE OF HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE.
ON MAY 20, 2022 MARIUPOL HAS BEEN OCCUPIED. NOBODY KNOWS WHAT IS THE SITUATION IN THE CITY NOW...
WE BELIEVE THAT MARIUPOL WILL BE UKRAINE AGAIN!