Kievnauchfilm

Kievnauchfilm ( _ru. Киевнаучфильм, _uk. 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.

Description

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 addition it released a large number of animated films that are still popular today, such as a series about "Zaporizhian Cossacks" (directed by Vladimir Dakhno), "Adventures of Captain Vrungel" series, "Doctor Aybolit", and a version of "Treasure Island" (all three directed by David Cherkasky). The studio's films received numerous awards at international and national film festivals.Film director Felix Sobolev ("Animals' Tongue, I and Others, Can Animals Think?") and studio Editor-in-Chief Yevgeni Zagdansky are considered to be trailblazers and figures of major influence in the documentary field in the former Soviet Union.

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.

Films

*"People and Dolphins" (1983, Люди и дельфины), director Vladimir Khmelnitsky

Animation

*"Doctor Aybolit", director David Cherkasky
*"Adventures of Captain Vrungel" series (1976-1977), director David Cherkasky
* Treasure Island (1988), director David Cherkasky
*"Cossacks" series (1967-1995), director Vladimir Dakhno
**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

Popular science / documentaries

the studio released over 500 films.
*The Blown up Dawn, Взорванный рассвет, 1965, director Felix Sobolev
*Animals' Tongue, Язык животных, 1967, director Felix Sobolev
*Seven Steps beyond Horizon, Семь шагов за горизонт, 1968, director Felix Sobolev
*Can Animals Think? Думают ли животные? 1970, director Felix Sobolev
*Myself and Others, Я и другие, 1971, director Felix Sobolev
*Indian yogis. Who are they? Индийские йоги: кто они? 1970,director Almar Serebryanikov
*Echo of our Emotions, Эхо наших эмоций (1977)
*Vavilov's Star,Звезда Вавилова, 1984, director Anatoli Borsuk
*Экспертиза одной сенсации, 1985, (about pseudoscience), director Lev Udovenko
*A Footprint, Отпечаток, 1985, director Anatoli Borsuk
*A Man from 6am through Midnight, Мужчина с шести до полуночи, 1987, (about everyday struggles of a young professional engineer in the Soviet Union), director Andrei Zagdansky
*Interpretation of Dreams, Толкование сновидений, 1989, (Freudian interpretation and "equation" of communism and nazism) director Andrei Zagdansky [http://www.azfilms.us/interpretation-of-dreams.html]
*Rauol Valenberg's Mission, Миссия Рауля Валенберга, 1990, director Alexander Rodnyansky

External links

* [http://www.cinema.kiev.ua National Cinemateque of Ukraine website] ru icon, en icon, uk icon
* [http://animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_studia&sid=94&sp=2 Full list of animated films] at animator.ru
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