“Bessporno” by Olexander Shapiro will be shown within the bounds of “Window To Europe” Vyborg Film Festival. Some years ago Shapiro’s “Cicuta” and “The Guide” has already attracted the festival audience with the radical way of showing Kyiv life.
“An Awesome Tale” full-length feature film by Roman Shyrman will represent Ukraine on the 10th China International Children’s Film Festival (CICFF). The Festival is going to be open in Qing Dao, September, 2009. It’s held every two years since 1989.
Documentary and historical drama became a new line of activity in Film.ua Production Company. The documentary series about life and destiny of Eugene Paton, great Ukrainian scientist have already been started.
Famous Ukrainian footballer Andriy Shevchenko stars in the Italian cinema. He has acted the part of himself in the film about soccer fans and violence on the Italian stadiums. “The Last Ultras” by Stephano Calvania will come out in September, 2009.
A Ukrainian film will be presented for the first time at the Monterrey International Film Festival. It is one of the most important cultural events in Latin America in recent years. The fifth Monterrey International Film Festival will be held from August 21st to the 29th 2009.
V International Film Festival took place in Sevastopol in July 19-24, 2009. This year the panorama of the new Ukrainian and Russian cinema was widely introduced in the program. The children program and the films devoted to the 200th anniversary of N. Gogol were also presented at the Festival.
The premiere of a film about Chernobyl disaster took place in Havana. “Chernobyl In Us” is a documentary that was made by Daisy Gomez, Cuban TV journalist. It is a film about conditions and consequences of the disaster and also about the victims’ treatment on Cuba.
The shooting period of a new film by Sergey Loznitsa is being held in Ukraine during this summer. “You, My Joy” is a first feature film by Sergey Loznitsa. Earlier he was famous for his documentary works.
Star Media Film Production has started shooting a new TV series “Trap” since July,12. Film is produced by Larysa Zhuravskaya and Vlad Riashyn. Daniil Stakhov, Darja Moroz, Olga Polakova star in the film.
The comedy “Bruno,” starring British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, will not be shown in Ukrainian cinemas. The movie was scheduled to premiere on July 23, but the The Ukrainian Culture and Tourism Ministry decided to ban the distribution and demonstration of the film in the country.
