Kievnauchfilm

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Kievnauchfilm (Russian: Киевнаучфильм, Ukrainian: Київнаукфільм), sometimes translated as Kiev Science Film in English, was a film studio in the former Soviet Union located in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, established in 1941. It was the largest European studio for non-fiction films. The name is an abbreviation for "Kiev Science Films", and its main task was production of popular science films and documentaries covering a broad range of topics. In adition it released a large number of animated films that are still popular today, such as Doctor Aybolit, a series about Zaporizhian Cossacks, Adventures of Captain Vrungel series, or a version of Treasure Island. The studio's films received numerous awards at international and local film festivals.

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Kievnauchfilm went into decline and was renamed National Cinematheque of Ukraine.

The animated film division was split off under the name Animafilm.

[edit] Animation

Doctor Aybolit
Adventures of Captain Vrungel series (1976-1977)
Treasure Island series
Cossacks series (1967-1995)
- Как казаки кулеш варили. (1967)
- Как казаки в футбол играли. (1970)
- Как казаки невест выручали. (1973)
- Как казаки соль покупали. (1975)
- Как казаки олимпийцами стали. (1978)
- Как казаки на свадьбе гуляли. (1984)
- Как казаки инопланетян встречали. (1987)
- Як козаки у хокей грали. (1995)
Alice in Wonderland
Adventures of Vakula the Smith (1977, Приключения кузнеца Вакулы)
"Как кормили медвежонка" (1976)
"Музыкальные сказки" (1976)
"Первая зима" (1978)
"Золоторогий олень" (1979)
"Как несли стол"(1979)
"Жили-были матрешки" (1981)
Три Панька series

[edit] Popular science / documentaries

the studio released over 500 films.

Язык животных 1967
Думают ли животные? (1970)
Индийские йоги: кто они? (Indian yogis. Who are they?)
Эхо наших эмоций (1977)
Звезда Вавилова (1984)
Экспертиза одной сенсации (1985, about pseudoscience)
Отпечаток (1985)
Мужчина с шести до полуночи (1987 about low esteem of the profession of engineer in Soviet Union)
Толкование сновидений (1989)
Миссия Рауля Валенберга (1990)