7 Ukrainian Features to Be Released This Fall

This year Ukraine has already enjoyed a number of premieres, namely 14. The second half of the year will bring 7 more feature films of Ukrainian origin to the theatres. What’s intriguing here – we have one feature animation and one fantasy in the list. Here are the known release dates of the upcoming movies.

Best Ukrainian Feature at OIFF

The Odesa International Film Festival finished and has awarded the winners. The jury have named ‘The Nest of the Turtledove’ by Taras Tkachenko the best film in Ukrainian competition. One of the main parts in the film was performed by Vitaly Linetsky, a famous Ukrainian actor who died before the movie was premiered.

Ukrainian Movie Posters of 1920s

National Dovzhenko Center has published a unique collection of movie posters from the epoch of VUFKU (All-Ukrainian Photo & Film Management Organization), from 1922 till 1930. VUFKU used to be the top film production company over the entire Soviet Union with an output of circa 30 feature films per year in the most prolific times. […]

GloriaFX Proudly Presents: Coldplay – Up&Up

Ukrainian VFX company GloriaFX has created what is already coined as a best music video ever – Coldplay’s Up&Up. The video has scored 20M views in 10 days solely on YouTube. The authors behind the video – Serhiy Mashevsky and Anatoly Kuzmytsky say at first they didn’t even know which band they are creating for. […]

Coming Soon: The Fight Rules

The first ever Ukrainian sports drama will premiere in Ukraine this fall. Starring Vlad Nikityuk, Yevgen Galych, Oleksiy Gorbunov and Akhtem Seytablayev. The story goes about a former boxing coach who has to come back to profession and prepare his son for a champion’s fight. The movie is directed by Oleksiy Shaparev. Photography by Dmytro […]

Jamala And Ukraine Win Eurovision Song Contest

Ukrainian singer Jamala wins Eurovision song contest in a highly emotional voting. Jamala is the first ever ethnic Crimean Tatar to perform at the contest. She caused much controversy before the show over her would-be political song, referencing the year when Stalin deported their ethnic group from its native region of Crimea in Ukraine.

‘The Stronghold’ Fantasy Movie Teaser

An official teaser of the first Ukrainian fantasy movie ‘The Stronghold’ (Сторожова застава) released. The upcoming film is scheduled for December 22, 2016 in the theatres. The movie’s story is about a boy traveling back into ancient times where the heroes fight against mythical creatures and black magic. The movie features advanced visual effects done […]