25 June

NATO Film Week: Nice Ladies at Flora Filmtheater

Watch the documentary Nice Ladies at Flora Filmtheater on Wednesday 25 June, followed by a discussion! The film follows a team of elderly Ukrainian cheerleaders who hold on to their friendship while each dealing with the trauma of war in their own way. This screening is part of the specially curated NATO Film Week, in collaboration with Movies that Matter. Language: English.

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About the film

With the escalation of Russia’s war against Ukraine, the seemingly unbreakable bond of a contagious cheerleading team of 50-somethings called ‘Nice Ladies’ is put to the test. They face impossible choices between motherland and motherhood, between staying and fleeing.

Team member Sveta flees with her family to the Netherlands, while captain Valia and coach Nadia remain behind in the repeatedly bombed city of Kharkiv. The team is torn apart, and despite the terror, grief, and pain of Sveta’s survivor’s guilt, the ladies try to stay in touch so as not to lose hope.

Will the team be able to reunite, save their sisterhood and find a common language despite the growing scars of war?

After talk

After the screening, there will be a discussion with the director, Mariia Ponomarova.

Practical

  • Date: Wednesday 25 June, 19:00
  • Location: Flora Filmtheater, De Constant Rebecquestraat 55, 2518 RC Den Haag
  • Entrance: € 12,00
  • up to 26 years old/student: €7,50
  • Cineville: free
  • Tickets: buy your ticket via Flora Filmtheater

NATO Film Week

What does war do to the people who did not choose it – but find themselves caught up in it? And how do you hold together a faltering world order before things really go wrong? During the Just Peace Festival 2025, in the run-up to the NATO summit, Movies that Matter is joining forces with PAARD, Flora Filmtheater and Theater en Filmhuis Dakota with a specially curated film series called NATO Film Week, which shows the complexity of war and the preservation of peace. Four completely different films, with completely different perspectives, together form a meaningful picture of our times.