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Cinema of Ukraine

Film studios

State owned

Privately owned

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]

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-)
  • 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

Former awards

Notable films

Main article: List of Ukrainian films

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

Actors

Bohdan Stupka is recognized as the most famous Ukrainian actor.

Directors

October Palace movie theatre and concert hall in Kiev.

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.

Government and civil bodies concerned

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

See also

References

  1. ^ Website of Yalta Film Studio Template:Ru icon
  2. ^ Website of Film.UA
  3. ^ Website of Yalta-Film Template:Ru icon
  4. ^ a b c d Film distribution: who brings movies to Ukraine Template:Uk icon Cite error: The named reference "kinoprokat" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  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 Template:Ru icon
  20. ^ Sebastopol film festival official website
  21. ^ Regulations for Molodist festival Template:Uk icon
  22. ^ Awards and Jury of OIFF Template:En icon
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