Beats and Borshch

This Saturday leave your election angst behind from 7-11pm and support a Ukrainian Canadian film project in Alberta – Dance your worries away with beats by Ukrainian DJ mookanoid and borshch by Saskitoba.

Oy Marichka! a feature film to be filmed in and around Edmonton is the latest project by Edmonton native and award-winning writer/director Darcia Parada @darciaparada While romance, hockey and second chances are featured within the film at its heart it is a love story inspired by Parada’s roots and a tribute to her ancestry. Her Ukrainian grandparents settled in Canada where they made a new home for themselves due to hardships faced in their homeland.

BEATS & BORSHCH
APR 26, 2025 TO APR 26, 2025
An Oy Marichka! Film Fundraiser
7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
In the Gallery at Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts
10554 110 St NW Unit 100
Beats & Borshch is a fundraising event in of support Oy Marichka! a Canadian-Ukrainian themed movie from Edmonton native and award-winning writer/director Darcia Parada. Special Guest DJ Mookanoid.
Tickets are free or by donation. Sign up through the Oy Marichka! website or simply show up!
Tickets for the Oy Marichka! 50/50 auction raffle will also be available. Tickets to the raffle can be found on oymarichkathemovie.com homepage.

Food supplied by Saskitoba at $10 per bowl.

DJ Mookanoid is an experienced open-format DJ with a global track record since 2006 when they started with high-energy open-air and nightclub gigs across Ukraine, then expanded internationally as a cruise ship DJ for top-tier lines like Royal Caribbean and Carnival and is known for adaptability, crowd-reading skills, and delivering unforgettable sets across all genres.

Film Synopsis
Mary Pekaruk’s mother is at death’s door. She boards a transatlantic flight home but arrives too late. A magpie appears as Mary steps into the role of matriarch. Is it the soul of her mother guiding her? As the family grieves and plans the funeral Mary begs her boyfriend Todd in London to show, but he doesn’t. Home for Christmas, Joe, a widowed pro-hockey player and his son deliver a package from his mother. As Mary fills her mother’s bakery orders, tends to the farm, and revisits her youth and Ukrainian customs her attraction to Joe grows. When Joe leaves, she is torn and confused about her life’s direction. She returns to London, finds Todd with another woman and high tails it back to Canada to reopen her mother’s bakery and a law office. Joe and Luke arrive at the opening with news that Joe has taken a nearby coaching job. The next Christmas Eve Mary hosts dinner for the family who are gathered and the magpie, satisfied, flies away.