FESTIVALS
A modern feminist perspective, meanwhile, emerges in the lively Julia Blue, in which director Roxy Toporowych tells a Kyiv romance through the prism of post-revolutionary PTSD.
-The Guardian, Streaming the Best Ukrainian Films Past and Present, 2022
*OFFICIAL SELECTION*
Official Selection Cleveland International Film Festival
World Premiere 2018
Official Selection Seattle International Film Festival 2018
Official Selection Phoenix International Film Festival 2018
Official Selection Berkshires International Film Festival 2018
Official Selection Byron Bay Film Festival 2019
Australian Premiere
Official Selection Nice Film Festival 2019
French Premiere
Official Selection Molodist Film Festival 2019
Ukrainian Premiere
Official Selection Glasgow Film Festival 2019
UK Premiere
Off-Camera Film Festival 2019
Polish Premiere
Official Selection Snowdance Film Festival 2019 International Premiere
RECOGNITION
IFP Narrative Lab Directing Fellow 2016
IFP GOTHAM Calvin Klein Live the Dream Grant
Directing Award Winner 2016
Seattle International Film Festival
Work in Progress Forum 2017
Rooftop Films - Work in Progress Sneak Peek 2017
Women In Film LA - Finishing Fund 2018
Riley Grant Award Winner 2020
Ayr Film Society, Scotland, February 2020
Bethel College, Kansas
Guest Lecturer and Screening, March 2019
*BEST FEATURE FILM*
Jury Award Winner
Cambria Film Festival 2020
Julien Dubuque International Flim Festival 2019
Anchorage International Film Festival 2018
Arctic Film Festival, 2019
*BEST DIRECTOR*
Jury Award Winner
Sonoma International Film Festival 2019
Woodstock Film Festival 2018
*BEST FOREIGN FILM*
Jury Award Winner
Long Beach International Film Festival 2019
Mystic Film Festival 2019
Female Eye Film Festival 2019 (Canadian Premiere)
The sophistication of her craft in every way is remarkable for her first film. Her film humanizes a world historical event by dwelling not on the movers and shakers of history, but rather on how world events invade and shape the life of of one remarkable young woman while bringing awareness to the war in Ukraine. We hope and expect we will see many more accomplished films from Best Director, Roxy Toporowych.
-Thelma Adams, Film Critic and Juror
Woodstock Film Festival 2018
A beautiful allegory for the freedoms of our modern world that seem all too fleeting, Julia Blue reminds us not just of the costs of love and war, but of the sometimes painful choices freedom demands.
-Seattle International Film Festival 2018
APRIL 3
StoryScreen Beacon, NY
100% of proceeds went to
UCCA Humanitarian Relief Fund
$1,000 sent to UCCA Fund
APRIL 14
Jersey City Theatre Center
Q&A to follow immediately after.
$150 sent to Ukrainian Jersey City
APRIL 14- APRIL 27
Klassiki International, UK
Two-week focus on Ukraine streaming
APRIL 24
Bryan College, TN
*FREE*
Screening for college journalists and community
6:00pm
APRIL 28
CAMBRIA FILM FESTIVAL
Thursday, April 28, 2022 6:30 PM PDT
Cambria Center for the Arts Theatre, director Q&A to follow
Donations to NOVA UKRAINE
*UPDATE $2400 SENT TO NOVA UKRAINE
MAY 13
VANCOUVER
Comax Valley Film Festival, BC
8:30pm
COBBLESTONE FREEWAY
Tickets
MAY 21
Berkshires International
Film Festival
Great Barrington, MA
11:00am followed by Q&A
*UPDATE $1000 SENT TO
REVIVED SOLDIERS
MAY 29
TORONTO, ON
in partnership with UCU
Revue Cinema Screening
with in person Director Q&A!
Tickets $25
$30 at the door.
*UPDATE $2767.93 SENT TO UCU HELPS UKRAINE
JUNE 9
Ukrainian Institute of America
New York City
*UPDATE $2000 sent to
UNWLA
OCTOBER 15th
Ukrainian Consulate MEXICO
Ukrainian COSTA RICA days
*FREE with Spanish Subtitles
NOVEMBER 6th
ANN ARBOR, MI
Ann Arbor Polish Film Festival
*$750 raised
Donated to University of Michigan War Crimes project.
NOVEMBER 17
Washington, DC
VITAL VOICES
*TBD MONIES RAISED
Tickets:https://juliabluescreening.splashthat.com/
