On 22 November, the Holodomor Remembrance Day, a screening of the documentary film Family Album took place at the Kai Noblessner cinema hall. The event was organized by the Congress of Ukrainians in Estonia in cooperation with the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Estonia.

“Family Album” is a documentary film by British photographer Samara Pearce, which tells the story of the 1932–1933 Holodomor through the lens of a personal family history of a British woman of Ukrainian descent. The film weaves together the past and the present, drawing profound parallels between the events of those years and the Ukrainian people’s ongoing struggle for freedom, dignity, and the right to life.

The event was attended by the Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Estonia, Volodymyr Boiechko, together with his wife Yuliia, staff of the Embassy, Father Roman of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Tallinn, members of the Ukrainian community, and Estonia’s friends of Ukraine.

In his remarks, the Ambassador of Ukraine highlighted the significance of two important commemorations marked by Ukrainians in November - the Day of Dignity and Freedom and the Holodomor Remembrance Day:

“These two events - the Revolution of Dignity and the Holodomor - are separated by decades, yet they are united by one thing: the unwavering desire of Ukrainians to live in freedom. Our ancestors were targeted with starvation. Today, attempts are being made to break us with war. But both then and now, Ukrainians demonstrate to the world their strength of spirit, unity, and resilience.”

Yevhen Zavadskiy, a researcher at the University of Tartu, shared compelling historical insights, speaking about how the Holodomor was covered in the Estonian press as early as the 1930s. Even then, Estonians sought to support Ukrainians: they wished to raise funds and buy bread for those starving, yet understood that the Soviet authorities would seize it.
 History repeats itself: today, the Estonian people continue to stand with Ukraine - through their principled stance, concrete actions, and unwavering support.

The emotional atmosphere of the evening was deepened by Ivan Bahrianyi’s “Ave Maria,” performed by Yelyzaveta Tarazevych. Her rendition was profoundly moving — like a living prayer for those whose voices were silenced by hunger and repression.