The government is doing everything to support the Ukrainian film business, even despite the COVID-19 pandemic, and Ukraine has gained a good reputation as a partner of international film companies, Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko has said.
“Even during the difficult period of the pandemic, we are doing everything so that the Ukrainian film business has support from the state, and Ukraine gains a good reputation as a partner of international film companies. We have cool locations and equally cool productions for this. This has already been proven by the film The Last Mercenary from Netflix with Jean-Claude Van Damme in the title role, of which the lion’s share of the shooting took place in Kyiv,” Tkachenko wrote in his Telegram channel.
He also said that Ukraine presents its films and a national stand at the European Film Market of the Berlin Film Festival. There are such domestic films as “Stop-Zemlia” and “Ursus”, animation “Gulliver Returns”, documentary “Puzzles”.
According to Tkachenko, the stand is “a guarantee for the future. Both for promoting our films abroad, and for advertising the system of cash rebates and other benefits from filming in Ukraine.” In particular, the Locations.com.ua service was presented – an online catalog for finding the best locations in our country.
In 2020, 20 Ukrainian films, created with the support of the Ukrainian State Film Agency, went into cinemas, and another 92 projects have already been launched, Minister of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine Oleksandr Tkachenko has said.
“Some 20 Ukrainian films created with the support of the State Film Agency went into cinemas this year [2020]. 92 projects have been launched,” Tkachenko said during an online conference on the results of work in 2020 in Kyiv a week ago.
In addition, the minister recalled that during the 13th competition for film projects, 23 winners were selected who will receive funds from the state, as well as 72 winners were selecting during the 14th competition.
