The Odesa Film Festival has come to an end in Chernivtsi. Over the span of a week, over 50 films were showcased.
National Competition Programme:
Best Ukrainian Feature Film - Valeria Is Getting Married, dir. Mikhaylo Vinik, prod. Aeliot Kait, Amir Har'el, Volodymyr Yatsenko, Anna Yatsenko
Best Ukrainian Documentary Feature - Where From Where To, dir. Matjek Hamela, prod. Piotr Gravender, Matjek Hamela, Jean-Marie Gigon, Anna Palenchuk
Special Recognition for Best Direction - Alisa Kovalenko, film We Will Not Fade Away
Special Recognition for Best Female Role - Karina Khymchuk for her role in the film Do You Love Me?
Special Recognition for Best Male Role - Dmytro Nezhelsky for his role in the film Sashenka
Association Talented U (Ukraine & United Kingdom) Award for Documentary Film in the Field of Human Rights Protection - We Will Not Fade Away, dir. Alisa Kovalenko
International European Competition Programme:
Best European Film - Mammalia, dir. Sebastian Meise
Special Recognition - Afire, dir. Christian Petzold
Special Recognition - Rule of Two Walls, dir. David Gutnik, dir. Olga Beskhmelnytsina, Sam Bisbee, Stacey Reiss
The directors of these films were presented with cash prizes and the coveted Golden Duke statuettes.
It is known that during the festival, 46 films were presented, with over 30 of them being of Ukrainian production. Some of the films were showcased in Ukraine for the first time.