SOMA Film Festival Virtual Screening
The Short Version of Baba Babee Skazala was selected for the 5th Annual SOMA Film Festival that has been rescheduled as a virtual film festival for the weekend of September 12 -14!
The Short Version will screen on Saturday, September 12, 2020 as part of the Locals Only Shorts Program.
POSTPONED South Orange Maplewood Film Festival
The short version of Baba Babee Skazala has been selected for the 5th Annual South Orange Maplewood Film Festival!
Director, Matej Silecky, Interview with Voice Of America Ukraine
Director of Baba Babee Skazala, Matej Silecky, was interviewed by Voice Of America Ukraine in September 2019 for Window On America. Here is a direct link to that interview:
Американський режисер створив фільм про вклад українських біженців у розбудову США
Community Screening & Director Q&A
Community Screening of Baba Babee Skazala followed by Q& A with Director, Matej Silecky
Community Screening at Ukrainian Institute of America
Screening of Baba Babee Skazala [Grandmother Told Grandmother] followed by Director Q&A
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Community Screening at Manor College
Reception & Screening of Baba Babee Skazala [Grandmother Told Grandmother] followed by Director Q&A
FREE EVENT! Looking forward to seeing you there!
Community Screening at UACCNJ
Screening of Baba Babee Skazala [Grandmother Told Grandmother] followed by Director Q&A
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Community Screening at Ukrainian Cultural Center, Somerset NJ
Screening followed by Q&A with filmmaker Matej Silecky. Join us for coffee and bagels at 12 noon. Suggested donation $15. Info: (732)356-0132 or info@ukrhec.org.
Akcenty: A Unique Film About World War 2 through the Eyes of her Children
“A unique film about World War II through the eyes of her children: a masterpiece that everyone should see will be brought to Ukraine.
This is a truly unique project.”
~Max Tone, Akcenty UA
Znaj.UA: Movie About Biggest Tragedy of Ukrainian People
In the US, they made a movie about the biggest tragedy of the Ukrainian people: "Who are we going to shoot today?"
Second World through the eyes of her children: a new American film about Ukrainians
Article from BBC Ukraine
"Boy, who are we going to shoot today - Germans or Russians?" asks a Soviet officer at 5-year-old Bohdan, holding out his gun to his parents' eyes. The year 1944 is coming and the life of the family is literally in the hands of the child.
~ Margarita Malyukova
Film Review: Festival of Cinema ’19: Baba Babee Skazala
“Other nations have a nasty habit of negotiating Ukraine’s fate without their consent….”
J.B. Spins
Unseen Films Review of Baba Babee Skazala
From Unseen Films, A Collection of Reviews of Films from Off the Beaten Path: Review of Baba Babee Skazala
Ethnografilm Festival
Baba Babee Skazala [Grandmother Told Grandmother] is an Official Selection of the Ethnografilm Festival 2019!
Screening time to follow
Swindon Independent Film Festival
Baba Babee Skazala [Grandmother Told Grandmother] is an Official Selection of the Swindon Independent Film Festival 2019!
Our film screens on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM (final film of the Session)
Purchase Tickets Here
Lift-Off Global Network Documentary Filmmaker Showcase Online 2019
Baba Babee Skazala is an Official Selection of Lift-Off Global Network Documentary Filmmaker Showcase Online 2019!
Independent Vision Award, Documentary Filmmaking
Baba Babee Skazala [Grandmother Told Grandmother] has received the Independent Vision Award, Documentary Filmmaking from the VisionFest 2018 Film Festival!
Baba Babee Skazala Receives Support From Ukrainian Community Foundation of Philadelphia
We’re thrilled to share that the Ukrainian Community Foundation of Philadelphia has provided an additional grant to support Baba Babee Skazala!
Baba Babee Skazala Receives Honorable Mention at the NJ Film Festival
CONGRATULATIONS 🎉
to the entire Baba Babee Skazala team!
Premiere Screening - Fall 2018 New Jersey Film Festival
The World & New Jersey Premiere of
Baba Babee Skazala [Grandmother Told Grandmother]
Followed by a Q&A Session with Director, Matej Silecky
New Jersey Stage Article about Baba Babee Skazala
Nigrin: Your deeply moving documentary film rings to light the little-known story of Ukrainians, who were torn from their homes, and their nation, when the Nazis invaded the territory of Ukraine and clashed with the Soviet army at the height of World War II. Please tell us more about your film and why you decided to make it?
~Al Nigrin, New Jersey Stage
WCTC AM 1450-AM Fall 2018 New Jersey Film Festival Filmmaker Interview Series
WCTC AM 1450-AM Fall 2018 New Jersey Film Festival Filmmaker Interview Series Schedule hosted by Bert Baron
Interviews can be heard live on
1450 on the AM dial in Central New Jersey and on the internet here
The Ukrainian Weekly on World Premiere of Baba Babee Skazala
The film was selected as one of 22 finalists for the film festival, based on the determination of 15 film judges who screened more than 507 works that were submitted by filmmakers from around the world.
Baba Babee Skazala in Asbury Park Press
“Local film fans should pay particular attention to "Baba Babee Skazala (Grandmother Told Grandmother)," a documentary by Verona resident and debuting filmmaker Matej Silecky having its world premiere 7 p.m Sunday, Oct. 7 at Voorhees Hall.
The film, produced by Point Pleasant native Julie Parker, combines animation and interviews to tell the story of Ukrainian refugee children who immigrated to the United States during World War II.”