Cinema of Ukraine
Cinema of Ukraine
Film studios
State owned
Privately owned
- Film.UA [2]
- Yalta-Film Film Studio[3]
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-)
- 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)
Awards
- Shevchenko National Prize, for the Performing Arts
- Dovzhenko State Prize of Ukraine
- Scythian deer, the main prize of the International Student Cinematography Festival Molodist[21]
- Golden Duke, the main prize of the Odessa International Film Festival (OIFF)[22]
- Sunny bunny of the international student cinematography festival Molodist
- Ukrainian Panorama of the international student cinematography festival Molodist
Former awards
Notable films
- 1926 Ягодка любви / Love's Berries, directed by Alexander Dovzhenko (silent film)
- 1928 Арсенал / Arsenal, directed by Alexander Dovzhenko (silent film)
- 1928 Звенигора / Zvenigora, directed by Alexander Dovzhenko (silent film)
- 1929 Человек с киноаппартом / Man with a Movie Camera, directed by Dziga Vertov (documentary film)
- 1930 Земля / Earth, directed by Alexander Dovzhenko (silent film)
- 1932 Іван / Ivan, directed by Alexander Dovzhenko (silent film)
- 1935 Аэроград / Aerograd, directed by Alexander Dovzhenko (sci-fi)
- 1936 Наталка Полтавка / Natalka Poltavka, directed by Ivan Kavaleridze
- 1939 Щорс / Shchors, directed by Alexander Dovzhenko (documentary film)
- 1964 Тіні забутих предків / Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, directed by Sergei Parajanov
- 1970 Білий птах з чорною ознакою / White Bird with Black Mark, directed by Yuriy Illyenko
- 1972 Пропала Грамота / The Lost Letter, directed by Borys Ivchenko
- 1991 Голод-33 / Famine-33, directed by Oles Yanchuk
- 1995 Москаль-чарівник / Moskal-Charivnyk, directed by Mykola Zasieyev-Rudenko
- 2000 Нескорений / The Undefeated, directed by Oles Yanchuk
- 2003 Мамай / Mamay, directed by Oles Sanin
- 2005 Дрібний Дощ / Drizzle, directed by Heorhiy Deliyev
- 2006 Помаранчеве небо / The Orange Sky, directed by Oleksandr Kiriyenko
- 2006 Аврора / Aurora, directed by Oksana Bairak
- 2008 Las Meninas, directed by Ihor Podolchak
- 2010 Золотий вересень. Хроніка Галичини 1939-1941 / Golden September The Galician Chronicles 1939-1941, directed by Taras Khymych (documentary film)
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
- Vira Kholodna (Ві́ра Васи́лівна Холо́дна, née Levchenko, Левченко; 1893-1919)
- Ivan Mykolaychuk (June 15, 1941 – August 3, 1987)
- Bohdan Stupka (August 27, 1941)
- Rayisa Nedashkivska (Ukrainian: Раїса Недашківська; 17 February 1943)
- Gregory Hlady (December 4, 1954)
- Ruslana Pysanka (November 17, 1965)
- Taisia Povaliy (December 10, 1965)
- David Vadim (March 28, 1972)
- Eugene Hütz (September 6, 1972)
- Oleg Prudius (April 27, 1972)
- Milla Jovovich (December 17, 1975)
- Olga Kurylenko (November 14, 1979)
- Mila Kunis (August 14, 1983)
- Larysa Poznyak (May 30, 1985)
Directors
- Sergei Bondarchuk (September 25, 1920 – October 20, 1994)
- Grigori Chukhrai (May 23, 1921 – October 28, 2001)
- Alexander Dovzhenko (September 10 [O.S. August 29] 1894 – November 25, 1956)
- Yakov Levi
- Anatole Litvak (May 10, 1902 – December 15, 1974)
- Kira Muratova (November 5, 1934)
- Yuriy Illyenko (July 16, 1936 - June 15, 2010)
- Leonid Osyka (March 8, 1940 - September 16, 2001)
- Myhaylo Illyenko (June 29, 1947)
- Serhiy Bukovsky (1960)
- Andriy Donchyk (September 11, 1961)
- Ihor Podolchak (April 9, 1962)
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
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