Cinema of Ukraine

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Cinema of Ukraine

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Film studios[edit]

State owned[edit]

Privately owned[edit]

Film distribution[edit]

B&H Film Distribution Company is a major Ukrainian film distributor; it is the local distributor of films by Walt Disney Pictures, Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment (Columbia Pictures).[4]

Ukrainian Film Distribution (formerly Gemini Ukraine) is the local distributor of films by 20th Century Fox (Fox Searchlight Pictures, Blue Sky Studios).[4]

Kinomania is the local distributor of films by Warner Brothers (New Line Cinema).[4]

Short films, festival winners and art house are mostly disrtibuted by Arthouse traffic.[4]

Festivals[edit]

  • Molodist,[5] Kyiv International Film Festival (1970-)
  • Kyiv International Film Festival,[6] (2009-)
  • Odessa International Film Festival,[7] (2010-)
  • Animation Film Festival "Krok",[8] (1987) organized by the Ukrainian Association of Cinematographers and takes place in Ukraine and Russia
  • Pokrov,[9] international festival of Christian Orthodox cinema, held in Kyiv (2003-)
  • Vidkryta Nich (Open Night),[10] festival of Ukrainian debut short films, held in Kyiv (1997-)
  • Kharkiv Siren Film Festival,[11] international festival of short feature films, held in Kharkiv (2008-)
  • Wiz-Art,[12] International Short Film Festival, held in Lviv (2008-)
  • VAU-Fest,[13] International Video Art and Short Film Festival, held in the town of Ukrainka in Kyiv oblast (2010-)
  • Kinofront,[14] festival of Ukrainian Z and indie movies (2008-)
  • Docudays UA,[15] international human rights documentary film festival, held in Kyiv with travelling program around Ukraine (2003-)
  • Contact, international documentary film festival, held in Kyiv (2005-2007)
  • Berdiansk International Film Festival "Golden Brigantine",[16] festival of cinema made in Commonwealth of Independent States and Baltic countries, held in the city of Berdiansk (2011)
  • Irpin Film Festival,[17] international noncommercial festival of alternative cinema, held in the town of Irpin (2003)
  • Golden Pektorale,[18] International Truskavets Film Festival, held in the town of Truskavets
  • Mute Nights, Odessa, International silent film festival which is held in Odessa on the third week on June.
  • Kino-Yalta, festival of producer's cinema[19] (2003) organized together with the Russian government
  • Sebastopol International Film Festival,[20] held in Sevastopol, Crimea (2005-2009, 2011)

Awards[edit]

Former awards[edit]

Notable films[edit]

Top awards[edit]

Award Category Film title Year Director
Palme d'Or Short Film The Cross (Cross-country) 2011 Maryna Vroda
Palme d'Or Short Film Podorozhni (Wayfarers) 2005 Igor Strembitskyy
Jury Prize Silver Bear at Berlinale Short Film Ischov tramwai N°9 (The Tram N°9 Goes) 2003 Stepan Koval
Panorama Award of the NYFA at Berlinale Short Film Tyr (Shooting Gallery) 2001 Taras Tomenko
FIPRESCI Prize FIPRESCI Award Lebedyne Ozero - Zona (Swan Lake. The Zone) 1990 Yuriy Illyenko
Award of the Youth at Cannes Film Festival Foreign Film Lebedyne Ozero - Zona (Swan Lake. The Zone) 1990 Yuriy Illyenko

Actors[edit]

Bohdan Stupka is recognized as the most famous Ukrainian actor.

Directors[edit]

October Palace movie theatre and concert hall in Kiev.

History of the cinema in Ukraine[edit]

On the territory of Odessa film studio there is a Museum of the Cinema, in which you can find out about many interesting facts on the history of the cinema in general and history of Ukrainian cinema as a part. Here you can find historic materials, from the invention of cinema, to the postmodern, digital and avant garde.

Government and civil bodies concerned[edit]

is administrated by the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Association of Cinematographers.

See also[edit]

External links[edit]


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