In-Person Screenings: Thursday, November 9, 6:30 pm

Director Heilika Pikkov will present a Q&A following the screening.

$10 from each ticket will be donated to the Ukrainian war humanitarian relief effort.

WHAT WOULD YOU TAKE? (Mille Sina võtaksid?)
Heilika Pikkov, Estonia, 2023
23 minutes, In Ukrainian, English, Russian with English subtitles
North American Premiere

Home. Your home. Your place. Your memories. Your belongings. In the blink of eye, it’s gone. Heilika Pikkov’s What Would You Take? tells the stories of 12 people from Ukraine who suddenly had to leave their home, taking only the bare essentials and a cherished belonging that speaks to their life.

Heilika Pikkov is a documentary filmmaker and internationally well-known curator and cultural manager from Estonia. She studied film and television directing at Tallinn University and spent a semester at the University of Central Lancashire in the UK. She has directed several documentaries, including Flowers from the Mount of Olives (2013), which had great success in Estonian cinemas and had its international premiere at Locarno Film Festival, and My Flesh and Blood (2018), which won Best Short Film of the Year at the Estonian Film and Television Awards.

The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Andrew Horodysky (Ukrainian Institute of America) with director Heilika Pikkov, painter Lesia Khomenko, and art historian and curator Katherine Carl and will conclude with a concert by Estonian musician Maria Faust.

Festival History
2 Star Gallery, Europe House, London 2023