Ukrainian director shares experience with Ellesmere College students

Director Olenka Severenchuk recently spoke to students at Ellesmere College about her experience of creating a film about the war in Ukraine.

We are U - Olenka's documentary film about five Ukrainian teenagers - offers a true insight into the lives of those living through war. The documentary follows the teenagers’ and their mentors over six months, sharing the living-through-war experience as well as their dreams and how-to-make-dreams-come-true projects.

The film was created by savED, a charity developed to help Ukrainian children access education to return them to the right to study, socialise and prepare for future success.

It was brought to Ellesmere College by Ukrainian student Anna Polonska, 14, who is working with The Arts Centre manager, Eliza Badham-Moore. Year 11 student Anna said: "I am so pleased that this film was brought to Ellesmere College to show other students just what it is like to live through war as a teenager."