Fundraising film for Ukraine

UK cinemas are uniting in support of Ukraine with a series of preview charity screenings of Olga, a new film about a young female Ukrainian gymnast forced to train in exile. The film will screen at Oban Phoenix Cinema from tomorrow, March 18 to Thursday March 24. From each ticket sold, a donation will be made, with cinemas nominating which charity receives the money.

A talented teenage Ukrainian gymnast exiled in Switzerland dreams of Olympic gold in

Elie Grappe’s multi-award-winning drama. Fifteen-year-old Olga is trying to fit in with her new team in her new home. But as she prepares for the European Championship, the Ukrainian people stage a revolution. Olga is left a powerless, distant bystander as her mother, an investigative journalist, faces danger as she challenges a brutal regime. Can Olga reconcile her personal goals with the history unfolding in her homeland?

A subtle, tensely handled tale of exile reflecting the pressures on young athletes, the clash between the personal and political, and a young woman’s search for who she is and what she is prepared to sacrifice.