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Adriana Luhovy’s Documentary “Second Chance” Premieres in Vancouver

Sep 27, 2016 | Newpathway, Ukraine, Featured

MML Inc. Media, Montreal.

The moving documentary film “Second Chance” by Montreal filmmaker Adriana Luhovy will have its Vancouver premiere on Sunday, October 23. The public screening is organized by the Ukrainian Studies Foundation of BC and the Ukrainian Women’s Association of Canada Lesia Ukrainka Branch, Vancouver.

The documentary tells the touching story of orphan children in Ukraine and Ukrainian Canadian youth volunteering to help make a difference in their lives. Volunteers from across Canada are chosen by Toronto’s Help Us Help The Children (HUHTC) who organize specialized camp-programs in the Carpathian Mountains for orphans. University volunteer workers bring their background, skills and training gained over many years attending Ukrainian school and youth organizations in Canada.

“Second Chance”, with its unique focus, was filmed on site, interviewing the many participants. It closely follows how orphan children slowly gain trust, bond with their counselors and push on with the challenges they face. The documentary interweaves the state of orphanages in Ukraine and raises concerns about the future of orphans once they are released.

“Second Chance” opens a discussion of Ukraine’s social fabric, and the lack of concern for underprivileged elements of society, especially before the fall of USSR.

The film captures the impact of volunteerism, and its importance to a community’s ongoing success.

The film is in English with Ukrainian heard throughout the film. Subtitles are used to keep the feel and authenticity of the language spoken between the Ukrainian-Canadian volunteers and the orphan children.

As Adriana states, “this was a difficult film to make emotionally, to hear the stories of unwanted children and the many obstacles they had to overcome in their personal lives. It took time to gain their confidence and trust to share their experiences. Hopefully, I captured their resilience and determination for a better tomorrow.”

The documentary was made possible with the assistance of Sylvie Monette, The Ukrainian Studies Foundation of BC, The Shevchenko Foundation, Caisse Desjardins Ukrainienne de Montreal, UNF Montreal branch, MML Inc and others.

“Second Chance”, is Adriana Luhovy’s first documentary film release, initially having the working title “Children of Hope”. She is a graduate of Communications Studies at Montreal’s Concordia University , graduate of Vancouver Film School, having worked for New York’s Advancing Human Rights. She has volunteered for many years in Ukraine, working closely with HUHTC and orphan children. She re-designed HUHTC website (see www. huhtc.org) with portions of her film aired on “Kontakt-TV” to help HUHTC ‘s successful fundraising.

The film will be shown in Vancouver at Holy Trinity Auditorium, 154 East 10th Avenue. Admission, by donation with light refreshments being served.

For future showings of the the documentary “Second Chance” please contact [email protected]. Web site: www.adrianaluhovy.com

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