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Articles for Vitalina

When Russia is the only way out of a war zone, Ukrainian refugees must hide their hatred
2 years, 5 months ago

When Russia is the only way out of a war zone, Ukrainian refugees must hide their hatred

CNN  

Taganrog, Russia and Tallinn, Estonia CNN — On a sweltering summer day in July, hundreds of Ukrainians try to rest on metal beds lined up in a basketball court-turned-shelter. Zahra Ullah/CNN Dmitry Vaschenko, an official with Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations in Taganrog, said housing would be given to Ukrainians, who were also free to seek work and send their …

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Here's how YOU can help: Donate here to the Mail Force Ukraine Appeal
2 years, 10 months ago

Here's how YOU can help: Donate here to the Mail Force Ukraine Appeal

Daily Mail  

Readers of Mail Newspapers and MailOnline have always shown immense generosity at times of crisis. DAY 37 - April 2, 2022, DAILY MAIL Diabetic Weronica, 7, gets vital insulin thanks to YOU: Red Cross medics arrange for emergency vials using funds from the Mail's Ukraine Refugee Appeal Trapped in Ukraine and with her vital supply of insulin almost exhausted, diabetic …

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Russia's Batsarashkina wins 2nd gold at Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 5 months ago

Russia's Batsarashkina wins 2nd gold at Tokyo Olympics

China Daily  

Vitalina Batsarashkina of the Russian Olympic Committee celebrates after winning gold. TOKYO - Russian shooter Vitalina Batsarashkina defeated Kim Min-jung of South Korea in a shootoff to win the women's 25m pistol gold at the Asaka Shooting Range here on Friday. Both had 38 hits in the final, but Kim made only one shot in the decisive shootoff set whereas …

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Review: By finding immense beauty in darkness, ‘Vitalina Varela’ connects with right now
4 years, 9 months ago

Review: By finding immense beauty in darkness, ‘Vitalina Varela’ connects with right now

LA Times  

Every so often, a shaft of daylight pierces the deep, spectral shadows of “Vitalina Varela,” the haunting and profoundly haunted new movie from the Portuguese director Pedro Costa. He is played by Ventura, one of Costa’s key collaborators, whose lean frame and grave visage will be familiar to those who saw “Horse Money” and “Colossal Youth.” Here he becomes a …

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The aesthetics of Portuguese auteur Pedro Costa, whose Vitalina Verala will be screened at Sundance Film Festival 2020
4 years, 11 months ago

The aesthetics of Portuguese auteur Pedro Costa, whose Vitalina Verala will be screened at Sundance Film Festival 2020

Firstpost  

* “I finally watched a Pedro Costa on the big screen” is a real thing for some film lovers. This happened to me last year at the Dharamsala International Film Festival, where I saw the Portuguese auteur’s latest film, Vitalina Varela. The Toronto International Film Festival summary took special note of the aesthetics, calling the film “a series of burnished, …

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TIFF \'19 Diary: Caught between the year’s sexiest film and an austere auteur
5 years, 3 months ago

TIFF \'19 Diary: Caught between the year’s sexiest film and an austere auteur

Deccan Chronicle  

Sept. 9: If film festivals have a rule, it is to simply submit to the god of serendipity. When you least expect it, a movie will either thrill and energise you, or, when you go in with hands folded, hoping to be transported to another world, to be swept by a story and its characters, it will bore the daylights …

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