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The award-winning and Oscar nominated
Porcelain War
October 11, 2025 Showtime: 2:00pm
The Clyde Theater
217 1st Street Langley, WA 98260 (360) 221-5525
entry by donation
Suggested donation amount - $20 per person, although any amount will be accepted.
All proceeds will be donated to the Sunflower F.U.N.D.
We invite you to stay for a post-showing Q and A to talk to our team and learn more about our work and the latest on the ground in Ukraine
Available for purchase at our booth after the event:
- original art and unique gifts from Ukraine 
- original artwork donated by local artists in support of our mission 
- our popular line of Made-in-Ukraine apparel and 
- other unique gifts from Ukraine 
watch the trailer
Academy Award Nominated for Best Documentary Feature. Under roaring fighter jets and missile strikes, Ukrainian artists choose to stay behind and fight, contending with the soldiers they have become. Definatly finding beauty amid destruction, they show that although it’s easy to make people afraid, it’s hard to destory their passion for living.
reviews
“Porcelain War is a testament to how life’s beauty — all the world’s fertility an artist is trained to see — endures among privation and death.” -Ty Burr, Washington Post
“The film is often subtle about the art it represents, but that’s arguably one of its greatest, most poignant strengths.” -Richard Whittaker, Austin Chronicle
“Backed by a feral, driving score from Ukrainian folkloric quartet DakhaBrakha, Porcelain War makes the case for art as another protective weapon against imperialism.” -Bob Strauss, San Francisco Chronicle
“A sublime and stirring documentary from American filmmaker Brendan Bellomo and Ukrainian ceramicist Slava Leontyev about living, fighting and creating under siege.” -Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
“A combination of whimsy and devastation, it looked at the continuing war in Ukraine through the eyes of eccentric artists who carry on with their craft of making adorable little figures even as the Russian invasion disrupts everything.” -Kyle Smith, Wall Street Journal
“This film doesn’t flinch from violence, but it finds hope in a people’s patient refusal to surrender who they are.” -Johanna Schneller, Globe and Mail
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