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Cinema of Ukraine
Contents
Film studios
State owned
- Dovzhenko Film Studios (Kiev)
- Odessa Film Studio (Odessa)
- National Cinematheque of Ukraine (former Kyivnaukfilm) (Kiev)
- Ukrtelefilm
- Yalta Film Studio[1]
Privately owned
- Yalta-Film Film Studio[2]
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).[3]
Ukrainian Film Distribution (formerly Gemini Ukraine) is the local distributor of films by 20th Century Fox (Fox Searchlight Pictures, Blue Sky Studios).[3]
Kinomania is the local distributor of films by Warner Brothers (New Line Cinema).[3]
Festivals
World famous actors and actresses related to Ukrainians or Ukraine.
- Molodist,[4] (1970)
- Odessa International Film Festival,[5] (since 2010)
- Krok,[6] (1987) organized by the Ukrainian Association of Cinematographers and takes place in Ukraine or Russia
- Kino-Yalta,[7] (2003) organized together with the Russian government
- Mute Nights, Odessa, International silent film festival which is held in Odessa on the third week on June.
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[8]
- Golden Duke, the main prize of the Odessa International Film Festival (OIFF)[9]
- Sunny bunny of the international student cinematography festival Molodist
- Ukrainian Panorama of the international student cinematography festival Molodist
Former awards
- Lenin's Komsomol Prize of Ukrainian SSR
Notable films
Main article: List of Ukrainian 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)
Actors
Bohdan Stupka is recognized as the most famous living Ukrainian actor.- 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)
- Larisa Shepitko (January 6, 1939 – 2 June 1979)
- 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
- Cinema of the world
- Ukrainian Association of Cinematographers
References
- ^ Website of Yalta Film Studio (Russian)
- ^ Website of Yalta-Film (Russian)
- ^ a b c Film distribution: who brings movies to Ukraine (Ukrainian)
- ^ Official website
- ^ Official website
- ^ Krok official website
- ^ Encyclopedia of Homeland Cinema (Russian)
- ^ Regulations for Molodist festival (Ukrainian)
- ^ Awards and Jury of OIFF (English)
External links
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