Cinema of Ukraine

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Cinema of Ukraine

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[edit] Film studios

[edit] State owned

[edit] Privately owned

[edit] Film distribution

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].

[edit] Festivals

  • 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-)
  • Kharkov Siren Film Festival[11], international festival of short feature films, held in Kharkiv (2008-)
  • Wiz-Art[12], International Festival of Visual Art, 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)
  • Berdyansk International Film Festival "Golden Brigantine"[16], festival of cinema made in Commonwealth of Independent States and Baltic countries, held in the city of Berdyansk (2011)
  • Irpin Film Festival[17], international noncommercial festival of 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 Sebastopol, Crimea (2005-2009, 2011)

[edit] Awards

[edit] Former awards

[edit] Notable films

Main article: List of Ukrainian films

[edit] Top awards

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

[edit] Actors

Bohdan Stupka is recognized as the most famous living Ukrainian actor.

[edit] Directors

October Palace movie theatre and concert hall in Kiev.

[edit] History of the cinema in Ukraine

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.

[edit] Government and civil bodies concerned

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

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Website of Yalta Film Studio (Russian)
  2. ^ Website of Film.UA
  3. ^ Website of Yalta-Film (Russian)
  4. ^ a b c d Film distribution: who brings movies to Ukraine (Ukrainian)
  5. ^ Official website
  6. ^ KIFF official website
  7. ^ Official website
  8. ^ Krok official website
  9. ^ Pokrov film festival official website
  10. ^ [1]
  11. ^ Харьковская Сирень
  12. ^ Wiz Art
  13. ^ VAU-Fest
  14. ^ Kinofront
  15. ^ Docudays UA
  16. ^ BMKF official page
  17. ^ Irpin film festival official page
  18. ^ Golden Pektorale
  19. ^ Encyclopedia of Homeland Cinema (Russian)
  20. ^ Sebastopol film festival official website
  21. ^ Regulations for Molodist festival (Ukrainian)
  22. ^ Awards and Jury of OIFF (English)
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