ADA

ADA (2022) is a Ukrainian documentary you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Alina Matochkina. In 1986, a monumental mural in Kyiv — one of Europe's most ambitious large-scale art installations — was demolished without notice. Its creators, Ada Rybachuk and Volodymyr Melnichenko, were then quietly removed from catalogues, rosters, and the official record of Ukrainian art.

Matochkina spent close to eight years following Melnichenko as he fought to restore what was taken — their joint legacy, and Ada's name alongside his. Attempts to strip them of their studio came in 2004. The fight went on.

It's not a story of defeat. It's about what persistence looks like when the institutions around you pretend you don't exist. Stream ADA (2022) on iFILM.