Bernard Brochand the mayor of Cannes expressed the willingness to help Kyiv in organization of Molodist International Film Festival. He emphasized that Cannes can help to enter into cooperation with eminent actors and directors. In addition he promised to show on Molodist Film Festival some French films that Ukrainians haven’t seen before.
One of the most famous and scandalous modern artists Damien Hirst has opened a full-scale exhibition called “Requiem”, a major retrospective of over 100 works dating from 1990 to 2008 in Kyiv’s PinchukArtCentre. The exhibition is being opened from 25 April till 20 September 2009. The day before opening a vernissage was held.