Building an empire of freedom in Odessa 

Collaborations

We collaborate with schools, filmmakers, artists, and academic and cultural institutions in Ukraine and abroad.

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Lisbon Literature Days

Cosmopolis founding members Maya Dimerli and Ilya Kaminsky join Lisbon Literature Days, connecting Ukrainian literature with international writers, festivals and cultural institutions.

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Odessa on World Stage

We are helping the Odessa Society of Arts and Music (OSAM) to bring Odessa Opera House productions onto digital viewing platforms.

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11th International Literature Festival Odessa (ILO)

Founded by Cosmopolis member Ulrich Schreiber, ILO showcases Odessa’s writers and connects them to the wider literary world

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Ukrainian Portrait

We helped support “Ukrainian Portrait,” a large exhibition exploring Ukraine's sartorial code by painter and Cosmopolis Founding Member Kateryna Biletina.

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The Little Girl Who Could Not Hate

Cosmopolis produced the Ukrainian translation of Lidia Maksymowicz's memoir of surviving Auschwitz. With support from journalist Paolo Rodari.

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Cosmopolis x Richilieu

An educational partnership with the Richelieu Lycée, Odessa’s oldest selective state school. 


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Fault Lines

Our tribute-exhibition to the late photographer Matthieu Chazal (1975–2024), in collaboration with the Parisian Galerie Hegoa.

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Poems Not Bombs

A children's poetry studio run by Cosmopolis Founding Members Ilya Kaminsky and Maya Dimerli.

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Darkspring

A documentary series subtitled by Cosmopolis Founding Member, Antonina Poletti.

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Azov Documentary

Cosmopolis is supporting the making of Emilien Urbano's documentary on Azov's Third Assault Brigade. 

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Trust or Rust

Cosmopolis Founder Anastasia Piliavsky collaborated in the making of a documentary by Andrii Kashpur and Dmytro Khopta.