Veronika Shuster

Veronika Shuster https://veronikashuster.com Veronika Shuster Tue, 01 Jul 2025 14:37:45 +0000 https://veronikashuster.com en Say Czesc http://veronikashuster.com/Say-Czesc Tue, 01 Jul 2025 14:37:45 +0000 Veronika Shuster 457256 Say Cześć Short documentary, 17 min, 2023Directors, DOPs: Veronika Shuster, Nata OnyshCreated within the Filmmaking Lab `IndieLab` supported by the US Embassy -Kyiv IFF Molodist, LISFF Wiz-Art, American Independence FF, Bouquet Kyiv Stage Art Festival, FebioFest, Pawtucket Festival-Best Short Documentary of the Black Bear Film Festival (Milford, PA, USA) Due to the war with Russia, 12-year-old Misha is uprooted from his home city of Kyiv and forced to flee to a small Polish town. Struggling to adjust to his new reality and desperate to hold on to the memories of his past life, Misha clings to his phone as a lifeline to his friends and the adventures they left behind. <img width="764" height="1080" width_o="764" height_o="1080" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/6f3542b02600a5818890938386f963cabf0fd192ac4806f57fcce0cf2e8d785d/Say-Czesc-Poster-1.png" data-mid="1412018" border="0" data-scale="63"/> <img width="1598" height="897" width_o="1598" height_o="897" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/aa5e9b5fa329046c2db67359ead0c1a7dca9796c46ee8bb0ba7d78ebccd4e67f/Screenshot-2023-05-24-145141.png" data-mid="1412020" border="0" data-scale="82"/> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5238cb98c2ecb03f3ddc705929655197d3d0932e69afe495bb2c42ded023304f/image_2022-11-07_19-54-59-1.png" data-mid="1412019" border="0" data-scale="82"/> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b271fe4bb48264398d64658c7890f761d03c6189950ecda39be26d2601a3d8ce/Screenshot-2023-05-24-145904.png" data-mid="1412021" border="0" data-scale="82"/><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/44b218402e71a26fce6330e4c4ee27d3ed55613109f55c242bece9b2fb7364c0/image_2022-11-07_23-01-17.png" data-mid="1412022" border="0" data-scale="82"/> Back to the projects Say Cześć Short documentary, 17 min, 2023Directors, DOPs: Veronika Shuster, Nata OnyshCreated within the Filmmaking Lab `IndieLab` supported by the US Embassy ... Objects and gestures http://veronikashuster.com/Objects-and-gestures Tue, 01 Jul 2025 14:27:11 +0000 Veronika Shuster 457255 Objects and gestures Video Art, `7,3 min created in collaboration with Shirel HorovirzExhibited as part of “Choreography of Gratitude” Shirel Horovirz solo exhibition, She/They gallery, Santa Ana, CaliforniaCurator: Anne Hromadka-Greenwald <img width="2848" height="1594" width_o="2848" height_o="1594" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f9ee58872598ec3f1f08c201aa28e697cac9cf00a7f433c0c7e59f30d487527a/7A2BD848-8799-47C0-913B-E438C5F1ED06.jpeg" data-mid="1412016" border="0" data-scale="78"/> Veronika Shuster and Shirel Horovitz come together for an intimate performative dialogue. Their conversation of objects, language and belonging is what brought this video to be. Through the universal language of objects they share their personal histories. Eight objects, holding memory and importance are introduced and placed on a table. With little conversation, the objects and gestures resonate and call to a greater experience - shared stories of migration and rootedness, of individuality and family. Watch the full video  <img width="2800" height="1594" width_o="2800" height_o="1594" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/57efd1dc0c641e611e73e608e04dc6028058f08faf0fc134e7ff36cf7d33d75d/093DAEEE-22A2-45A2-A024-734805C1473D.jpeg" data-mid="1412017" border="0" data-scale="80"/>Back to the projects Objects and gestures Video Art, `7,3 min created in collaboration with Shirel HorovirzExhibited as part of “Choreography of Gratitude” Shirel Horovirz solo... Dreams of an endless beginning http://veronikashuster.com/Dreams-of-an-endless-beginning Tue, 01 Jul 2025 14:05:26 +0000 Veronika Shuster 457254 Dreams of an endless beginning Short experimental movie, `2,5min Directed and edited by Veronika Shuster To be screened in september 2025 as a part of Audrey Rose Degez performance `Дрімати` at Pittsburgh University and CoLAB Arts, New Jersey  A personal reflection on forced imigration and the never-ending feeling of starting life over and over in new realities. Dreamlike, cyclical sequences filmed in different countries, are interrupted by a blackout and a quiet voice inviting to enter a new dream — to begin over and over again, endlessly.  <img width="2802" height="1434" width_o="2802" height_o="1434" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/65fa8981263acb160533a4a49eee0ca003298453501a320a9c77935df4cf9807/046BF9E6-F7A9-4A99-A544-C42D5C8628CD.jpeg" data-mid="1412013" border="0" data-scale="79"/><img width="2846" height="1530" width_o="2846" height_o="1530" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/878263b01f82280b1785497b262ad43c4de3e3925f9f48e10359630b2a15463b/D8D975DA-8932-4BB7-AB01-65655EEB9490.jpeg" data-mid="1412011" border="0" data-scale="47"/>.   <img width="2824" height="1526" width_o="2824" height_o="1526" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f028296763e339b26241747bf635b117b20259aca0210df23b40008d93b179c4/BD8CA8C0-B3CD-4B68-A490-9AF54DE62FDF.jpeg" data-mid="1412012" border="0" data-scale="47"/> <img width="2836" height="1524" width_o="2836" height_o="1524" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7b0aa106943f39e2bcb0c2363b5cb7c4e6e334c2d9a34a97bd66f2268421337e/904262D0-5D95-4EBF-BEF6-8E3C1BE507F8.jpeg" data-mid="1412014" border="0" data-scale="47"/>     <img width="2842" height="1580" width_o="2842" height_o="1580" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/da5dc9db08cd0414a841251dcf603bc38c6936dc923708037f64dfcefe3671a6/FCF3D9EF-FB1F-4AD7-B51F-D18C56E995C8.jpeg" data-mid="1412015" border="0" data-scale="46"/>Back to the projects Dreams of an endless beginning Short experimental movie, `2,5min Directed and edited by Veronika Shuster To be screened in september 2025 as a part of Audrey Rose... Ce n`etait pas le sujet http://veronikashuster.com/Ce-n-etait-pas-le-sujet Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:50:38 +0000 Veronika Shuster 457253 Ce n`etait pas le sujet Short scientific documentary movie created within the Pariscience short film competition Symbiose-2024  Dir. Veronika Shuster, in collaboration with the researched Julie Roux DOP Anastasiia Krysko  Watch the movie (VO French), `3,2minOnly in the late 20th century did international criminal law begin to acknowledge sexual violence in war — a topic long excluded from legal discourse and still partially invisible today. This short film explores its emergence through the work of the researcher Julie Roux.   <img width="2862" height="1528" width_o="2862" height_o="1528" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d59540bde85dff09ecde3509b54a55e713ac52222a83ab5eaeb51553c8f42b87/8DC1D63E-3B6C-4905-81DD-41A4CF811C83.jpeg" data-mid="1412010" border="0" data-scale="72"/>.    <img width="2846" height="1592" width_o="2846" height_o="1592" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/069e2995ec76972aac11b768050b6664247874573e225215840347c687dc8da7/032D0556-6223-4EE6-A124-884AF6D0EE3D.jpeg" data-mid="1412009" border="0" data-scale="70"/> Back to the projects Ce n`etait pas le sujet Short scientific documentary movie created within the Pariscience short film competition Symbiose-2024  Dir. Veronika Shuster, in... Meet me in the garden http://veronikashuster.com/Meet-me-in-the-garden Mon, 30 Jun 2025 22:01:54 +0000 Veronika Shuster 457249 Meet me in the garden Short documentary film, post-production stage  Dir. Veronika Shuster, co-edited with Gerle Szabo Originated within the Wiz-Art 2023 Film Residency with the support of the America House and Goethe-Institut UkraineIn war-torn Kharkiv, Tanya and Slavik’s peaceful life is shattered when she flees abroad — leaving their love to survive through online calls and the silent language of flowers from their shared garden.    <img width="2868" height="1596" width_o="2868" height_o="1596" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2021ab53c0892473b419cf9b950d728d5bde31226cfbf5dd4af52013292223ae/3183DE26-6CA7-4642-B195-9E6B1B643673.jpeg" data-mid="1411964" border="0" data-scale="46"/>.        <img width="2842" height="1590" width_o="2842" height_o="1590" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/8d8d08d51c838534f8a6881b6c44f9bd78f95919a7dd4f694331be431be88635/C4ECD070-88C7-4B27-B618-10291343347E.jpeg" data-mid="1411963" border="0" data-scale="46"/> <img width="2854" height="1590" width_o="2854" height_o="1590" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c66d8c1f616c4da0b8c99b0f9243b5c32b274a2a8645f3bf028a6e7b651aeaf1/6F216B64-52D9-4767-B8E6-5E0C1D2CC7CC.jpeg" data-mid="1412006" border="0" data-scale="46"/>        <img width="2880" height="1620" width_o="2880" height_o="1620" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/700358cb91cba390fd62e6fd60da3710baa0175aeb6c9d0902e5851c56c0630b/Screenshot-2023-11-08-at-11.27.25-2.png" data-mid="1412008" border="0" data-scale="46"/>Back to the projects Meet me in the garden Short documentary film, post-production stage  Dir. Veronika Shuster, co-edited with Gerle Szabo Originated within the Wiz-Art 2023... Land of Lyubov http://veronikashuster.com/Land-of-Lyubov Mon, 30 Jun 2025 21:46:43 +0000 Veronika Shuster 457248 Land of Lyubov Feature documentary movie  (in production) Dir. Veronika Shuster, co-author Nataliia Kovalyova Life Map Films Production, UkraineIn 2015, Lyubov used her household camera to film the citizens of Luhansk who fled the Russian occupation and relocated to her unoccupied village. When the full-scale invasion began, Lyubov herself became displaced, yet starting to gather again the interviews with people from her land.          <img width="2830" height="1512" width_o="2830" height_o="1512" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/23d4fe8447e35319bea5367757afd5cea628a7676f3e8a51d5fe796376d4889f/7422BEC1-B4CF-477A-BEF1-4D8DC3F0E5E0.jpeg" data-mid="1411959" border="0" data-scale="74"/><img width="2762" height="1590" width_o="2762" height_o="1590" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/cbd72ad9ba2c53a083a13fbebb6a042ea0d164c37ba1f2e60530d1e7a42e7df2/1F6719B2-EB56-4BEC-860D-AFE791570649.jpeg" data-mid="1411961" border="0" data-scale="74"/><img width="2880" height="1588" width_o="2880" height_o="1588" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/6af6271d6e15aa5fc14f69fa13b0433069440db97027483b4705a0de55c8d80e/D29C71C8-DA14-408E-B0AE-D571877D1CAA.jpeg" data-mid="1411960" border="0" data-scale="75"/>   Back to the projects Land of Lyubov Feature documentary movie  (in production) Dir. Veronika Shuster, co-author Nataliia Kovalyova Life Map Films Production, UkraineIn 2015, Lyubov... The occupation project. Plays from Ukraine http://veronikashuster.com/The-occupation-project-Plays-from-Ukraine Mon, 30 Jun 2025 21:29:45 +0000 Veronika Shuster 457247 The occupation project. Plays from Ukraine Dir. Ron Weiss, Jaffa Theatre, august 2023  (Acting role) <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d66ae3602e5f4e3acb4bee6afa00a604b3f1f303c46fb78da082f8a8c7581ee8/6V0A0846.JPEG" data-mid="1411954" border="0" data-scale="70"/>    <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/3d1b51fcf02b0b3041a88b25a52c17bfffdffec50a599c9805b76e50ed4a49c0/6V0A0853.JPEG" data-mid="1411951" border="0" data-scale="70"/>    From the perspective of two Ukrainian dogs reminiscing about life before the war, to three strangers meeting amidst an unexpected storm, these five short plays artfully dissect the subtle nuances through which warfare permeates our ordinary lives. Written by two members of the internationally produced group YoungPlaywrightsUkraine, The Occupation Project aims to uplift and give voice to victims of occupation. The Occupation Project was formed by a group of students from UNCSA drama and Yale University.  <img width="667" height="1000" width_o="667" height_o="1000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f555782673085bbb1991206ce6bd7cbc4365c4f3e2fe22ad92dfaa92a78c150d/6V0A0857.JPEG" data-mid="1411952" border="0" data-scale="41"/>                   <img width="667" height="1000" width_o="667" height_o="1000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7654c51cc0537c59eb3425f0e1731b52cafb96ff0128210a48e680a2b4275920/6V0A0839.JPEG" data-mid="1411953" border="0" data-scale="41"/> <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/10f9922d8c93fece9b03a10ae931c7200f484ce61fbc8fbd9e7151505d8ed29f/6V0A0492.JPEG" data-mid="1411956" border="0" data-scale="90"/>Back to the projects The occupation project. Plays from Ukraine Dir. Ron Weiss, Jaffa Theatre, august 2023  (Acting role)         From the perspective of two... Workshop on performative writing http://veronikashuster.com/Workshop-on-performative-writing Mon, 30 Jun 2025 21:16:41 +0000 Veronika Shuster 457246 Workshop on performative writing Co-created in collaboration with Yulia Linnik  Presented as a public program of the Nafta Theatre, supported by the European Endowment for Democracy Kharkiv, Ukraine, august 2024 Watch the lecture part of the workshop    <img width="2300" height="1533" width_o="2300" height_o="1533" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/4236a95d37fa9ff13a3fc00596c3f7323ba8cd480ab008618875cf59d5706c08/IMG_5699.JPG" data-mid="1411944" border="0" data-scale="78"/><img width="2300" height="1533" width_o="2300" height_o="1533" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/1a5f89c95c4e7190490be77ebdd5e886e9ce0838625dc52a3c6a7484e2a905f1/IMG_5706.JPG" data-mid="1411946" border="0" data-scale="81"/><img width="2300" height="1533" width_o="2300" height_o="1533" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7109558358b8fd5cc934c3bc2268cd077b4120270cc5d945c4188c4fdbe39e65/IMG_5716.JPG" data-mid="1411948" border="0" data-scale="80"/><img width="2300" height="1533" width_o="2300" height_o="1533" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e0485ec3cebfa0df31c4c8891f099a587dc671b5c3ab686ebef6d1759cdff33e/IMG_5707.JPG" data-mid="1411949" border="0" data-scale="79"/>At the training, Veronika Shuster and Yuliia Linnik — from two professional perspectives, that of writing and that of stage performance — will help activate tools for easily creating unique texts. They will also guide participants in finding their own ways to confidently present (perform) texts on stage. The goal of the training is to learn how to effortlessly transfer ideas into the dimension of practical sound and live embodiment. Back to the projects Workshop on performative writing Co-created in collaboration with Yulia Linnik  Presented as a public program of the Nafta Theatre, supported by the European... Cadences Circonflexes http://veronikashuster.com/Cadences-Circonflexes Mon, 30 Jun 2025 20:14:54 +0000 Veronika Shuster 457245 Cadences Circonflexes Contemporary theatre show Co-written and performed with Vittoria Quartararo Paris, 2025, work in progress  Presented as a work-in-progress perfomance at Goethe Istitute Paris, march 2025    <img src="https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdb89Z1FCW6E6dFajYa--7zzoB1EtVWHxbEL_ZhPXAg4GeYfZbIu9fPYxvLm2vqNpJTFlFS4y97WzL1tEPeaoESlJUF11yvj01lbKcxp74TxIL0JbsZftPG7hPZQtirDHwH_5Mg9A?key=N2IOPzGpcCk0EIIk-ylNG-Qc" width="316.86845102505697" height="501.775390625" style="width: 316px; height: 501px;" data-scale="100"> A forest of texts and a single apple hang from the ceiling of the stage. At the center of the front stage stands a hybrid object, where one can play and write: half piano, half school blackboard. Around and between these elements move two characters: one in the role of a language teacher, the other in that of a pianist. Throughout the play, they dig obsessively into the fields of language and music, as well as into the links that bind them: the semantics of falling, of “cadere,” of self-representation, of language and silence, of Wittgensteinian language games. In this surreal theatrical universe, where everything can collapse at any moment, these two roles embody eternal inner forces: constructive and destructive, absurd and rational, ascending and descending — like the shape of the circumflex accent. The language lesson is interrupted by many unexpected elements: foreign accents, grammatical mistakes, random musical notes, and the repetitive cadences of a passacaglia. The “teacher’s” goal of classifying reality into chapters is constantly undermined by the “musician’s” desire to disrupt this logical structure through the idea of falling. Like the literary figure of the oxymoron, a “teacher” of Ukrainian origin teaches the grammatical tenses of the French language. Drawing a parallel between lived life and grammatical rules, she illustrates the pluperfect tense by referring to her life in Ukraine. What happened afterward is linked to the conditional mood and to life’s potential turning points: what would happen if everyone could utopically “speak the same language”? What if we were no longer afraid of the fall of the passacaglia? What if the language lesson never ended? And if the apple finally fell from the string? <img width="1170" height="787" width_o="1170" height_o="787" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/be7e8f857c132673a8a6d825477291be37e5893bbc55fcea7d8fd3db6b58c99d/IMG_1982.jpg" data-mid="1412327" border="0" data-scale="68"/>   <img width="1170" height="779" width_o="1170" height_o="779" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/602521e5a537097b5d371ca9b111c81d87395bb88b6424ab44438ab0ca45aec8/IMG_1980.jpg" data-mid="1411941" border="0" data-scale="67"/> Back to the projects Cadences Circonflexes Contemporary theatre show Co-written and performed with Vittoria Quartararo Paris, 2025, work in progress  Presented as a... Un cours de langue/The language class http://veronikashuster.com/Un-cours-de-langue-The-language-class Mon, 30 Jun 2025 20:11:39 +0000 Veronika Shuster 457244 Un cours de langue/ The language class Solo theatre show, 2024-2025, Paris, France, 20 min Written and performed by Veronika Shuster                                                                              <img src="https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXe6FkPd3Awexqg4OtvySjrYbhGPv2vKHvDpr_fgGh1KNaSrCAc7Q1EAxIRVBqWgOQ8_Pq-kxknxxBbtu3RSw-9RvJRl466kE13nsSzaZFcYhoweHfwIYl8JokMqvU8RwhC77w2D?key=FxL7q5MlcEkB4juT17a8RAN0" width="294" height="522.7748756218906" style="width: 294px; height: 522px;"> In this one-woman show, you become students, transported into an imaginary classroom. Your teacher, a Ukrainian actress still learning French, invites you to explore the language from different perspectives: political, by addressing linguistic colonialism; philosophical, through the ideas of Wittgenstein; and personal, by sharing her own immigration journey. Between loss and rediscovery in translation, between a mix of languages, this performance — imagined, written, and performed by a woman — explores identity and communication beyond borders as both an artistic and political act. On stage, there is nothing but a school blackboard, where the chapters structuring the performance are written — an attempt to bring order to the chaos of the world around us. Performed at: -Exhibition `Histoires Murmures`, cur. Marie-Sophie Le Mounier, University of the Sorbonne Nouvelle, may 2025 -Festival des cultures, University of the Sorbonne Nouvelle, february 2025-Le Kibele Theatre, Paris, december 2024 <img src="https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXeeQR0arnSInlMmNIosnHAFNuf4mPb9ZhW-IeH72W_naobWkdWfom_HorgdMP4CYVi8SsHeLvgEdPbBfZ7oGh0MmN2R0G1VX0Gf55zkksGsUS3IJTBoMfDpQTio6pWMEvKZhqcJsQ?key=FxL7q5MlcEkB4juT17a8RAN0" width="460" height="324" style="width: 424.229px; height: 298.805px;" data-scale="93"> Back to the projects                                                       Un cours de langue/ The language class Solo theatre show, 2024-2025, Paris, France, 20 min Written and performed by Veronika Shuster       ...