The Ukrainian Week

5 May, 2020	Breaking news	Low-budget comedy wins best picture at Ukrainian Film Academy Awards COVID-19 pandemic could not stop the Ukrainian Film Academy from presenting its Zolota Dzyga awards for achievement in the development of Ukrainian cinema
8 June, 2019	Culture	History and stunts The role of historical films in modern Ukrainian cinematography
16 December, 2018	Culture	More alive than dead How Ukrainian cinema faces modern challenges
11 August, 2018	Breaking news	The scene with odious politician Medvedchuk ultimately will be in the film about Ukrainian dissident The director of the film "Stus" has decided to bring back the scene with politically fringe figure
4 May, 2018		“I have set a line for myself beyond which an honest discussion of complicated matters turns into propaganda” Director of The Cyborgs, Her Heart and Haytarma, speaks about contemporary Ukrainian film, about propaganda in movies, about what unites Crimean Tatars today, and about Crimea House in Kyiv, which Seitablayev has been running since early 2017
24 July, 2013	Culture	What to See, Watch and Listen in July The Ukrainian Week offers a selection of art shows, film festivals and concerts to visit this month
23 July, 2013	Culture	WATCH UKRAINE 10 feature films here and coming soon
22 February, 2013	Culture	Singing Through Tears Film director Tom Hooper talks about Les Misérables as a breakthrough in the musical genre
22 January, 2013	Culture	Most Anticipated Films and Concerts of 2013 *The Ukrainian Week`*s compilation of the most anticipated Ukrainian and foreign films and concerts from legendary performers in 2013
14 November, 2012	Culture	20 Facts from the Life of Ivan Firtsak The twist-filled plot of the film Ivan Syla (Power Ivan) is based on a real person, Ivan Firtsak, a Ukrainian from Transcarpathia who was a famous circus athlete and boxer and performed in 64 countries of the world. He became a legend in his own lifetime.
6 November, 2012	Culture	What Makes James Bond so Popular? How the British agent became a global hero
11 October, 2012	Culture	Oliver Stone: I guess there is an inborn rebel in me American director talks about Savages and the nature of human violence
28 September, 2012	Culture	He Who Became a Strongman The end of August saw the start of the filming of Strong Ivan, the currently little-known story about Ivan Firtsak, a Ukrainian who was recognized as the strongest man in the world in 1928
30 August, 2012	Culture	Eternal Questions on Film A feature documentary by director Oleksandr Balahura is a summary of the past 15-20 years in Ukraine of sorts
3 August, 2012	Culture	The Best 8 Roles of Bohdan Stupka For now, Bohdan Stupka is remembered as the actor who conveyed the entire range of human emotions, feelings, actions and characters on the screen, transforming from Bohdan Khmelnytsky into Ivan Mazepa and Leonid Brezhnev, a Ukrainian guerilla fighter or a KGB officer, a priest or an atheist father.
26 July, 2012	Culture	The Philosophical Instrument of Danylo Demutskiy Soviet authorities awarded the Ukrainian cinematographer with three arrests, deportation, imprisonment and the prestigious Stalin Prize
24 July, 2012	Culture	Destined to Fly Higher Ivan Kavaleridze as the founder of historical monumental cinema in Ukraine
20 July, 2012	Culture	7 Films to watch from the 3rd Odesa Film Festival
6 July, 2012	Culture	“Brothers” Comes to Life in the Carpathians The “Brothers” project, which was already presented three years ago at the 1st Kyiv International Film Festival, only began filming in 2011, when producer Ihor Savichenko started work on it. Director Victoria Trofimenko has currently completed spring-summer filming in the Carpathian Mountains.
4 July, 2012	Culture	Children’s Dream Factory Masha Ellsworth, a Ukrainian-born artist at Pixar, talks about Brave behind the scenes and her path from a Chernihiv college to one of the world’s leaders of animated cartoons
4 July, 2012	Culture	Going Home to Find Yourself Film director Taras Khymych talks about documentaries and his film about Zakarpattia in 1919-1939
8 June, 2012	Culture	Ridley Scott: "I find most of my inspiration from low-budget movies now" When Sir Ridley Scott called ‘action!’ for the first time on the set of Prometheus, it brought things full circle for the legendary British director. After all, he started the Alien franchise in 1979 with the terrifying, claustrophobic original and now, 30 years later, he has returned to the series, eager to explore new ground and new ideas.
1 June, 2012	Culture	Backstreet Champions Akhtem Seitablayev, a Ukrainian director of Crimean Tartar origin, born in Uzbekistan, presented his new film, “Chempiony z Pidvorittia” or “Backstreet Champions”, in the Ukrainian pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival
22 May, 2012	Culture	A Genuine Act Austrian actor and director Karl Markovics speaks about intuitive play, honest films and life after an Oscar
21 May, 2012	Culture	The Death Match Myth Ukraine’s State Agency for Cinema issued, with some restrictions, a distribution permit for the scandalous $10-million-budget Russian-Ukrainian film ‘The Match’ in April this year.
18 April, 2012	Society	Rethinking Life Marianna Kaat speaks about her attitude to the scandalous removal of her film Pit No.8 from a festival
18 April, 2012	Society	Life Is Different There… Documentaries about Donbas coalminers: social antagonism instead of regional patriotism
30 March, 2012	Culture	Poetry Films Go Digital Thomas Wohlfahrt speaks about literary censorship, public poetry readings and the growth of poetry films fuelled by digital technology
24 February, 2012	Culture	Attack of the Clones George Lucas talks about why he is bringing Star Wars back to the big screen
23 February, 2012	Culture	Cloaked in Bearskin “Ursus,” a Ukrainian-Georgian-German co-production, is one of the biggest and most exciting film projects of 2012
22 February, 2012	Culture	Never Swap Horses Crossing a Stream Steven Spielberg talks about his new film
15 February, 2012	Culture	The Need For Personal Liberation Régis Wargnier speaks about tunnel vision, exerting pressure and Ukraine at the crossroads
13 February, 2012	Culture	Ukrainian Cinema. Making It Real *The Ukrainian Week* launched the Cinema Project column 18 months ago to talk about Ukrainian films at different stages of production. It is time now to check in and see how they are doing
26 September, 2011	Culture	Financing Ukrainian Cinema: To Have One’s Cake and Eat It Too? In early September 2011, the State Cinema Agency announced what projects were officially included in the 2011–2012 Program for Producing and Distributing National Films. Who will benefit and how?