What Shall We Do With These Buildings? (2022)

A documentary-dance film which explores the legacy of Soviet architecture in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The film was shot in September 2021, at a time when the prospect of a full-scale invasion from Russia seemed remote, but the ghost of its former rule remained written in concrete across the cityscape. The film platforms a divisive and open conversation about the city’s Soviet buildings: What should be done with them? Should they be preserved, destroyed, repurposed? What power do they hold over the way people think and interact with their environment?

• Release Date: 2022-06-11
• Runtime: 0h 28min
• Production Country: Ukraine
• Director: Jonathan Ben-Shaul