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The 16th Odesa International Film Festival announces the list of participants in this year's pitching, selected from among the submitted applications. Project presentations at the Development and Work in Progress stages will take place within the framework of the Film Industry Office section of the film festival, where authors will present their feature-length projects that are in the concept and production stages. This is an opportunity to show the plots they are still working on, find partners, financing and professional support, and for the audience to take a look behind the scenes of the film-making process.
This year's pitching selection demonstrates a wide range of topics and genres: from documentary observations of war and nature to game stories about the lives of displaced persons, military personnel and youth during a full-scale invasion. Each project is a unique look at modernity, personal experiences and collective traumas, an attempt to rethink experience and find ways of coexistence and survival.
The authors will compete for valuable awards: the winning project of the Development presentation will receive UAH 80,000 from the information partner of the film festival Kyivstar TV. The winning project of the Work in Progress presentation will receive UAH 80,000 from the general partner Film Industry Office UpHub, a marketing services package from StarLight Creative (creation of audiovisual materials and consultations on promotion strategy), as well as a post-production services package in Dolby Atmos and 5.1 from Cinema Sound UA Production worth $3,500.
Participants of the Development pitching of the 16th Odesa International Film Festival:
1. Vincenz, Ukraine, Poland, dir. Myron Latyk, prod. Oksana Ivanyuk;
2. All F*cked Up, Ukraine, dir. Hanna Yaroshevich, prod. Oleksandra Bratyshchenko;
3. HardSub, Ukraine, Germany, Poland, dir. Novruz Hikmet, prod. Valeria Sochyvets;
4. Johnny. Allah Akbar, Glory to Ukraine!, Ukraine, dir. Yaroslav Pidgora, prod. Yulia Chernyavska;
5. DNA of the Nation, Ukraine, Lithuania, dir. Ivan Sautkin, prod. Ivanna Khitsinska;
6. Chasing Two Hares 1939, Ukraine, dir. Arkady Nepytaliuk, prod. Serhiy Lavreniuk;
7. Scent of the Enemy, Ukraine, dir. Mykhailo Illenko, prod. Myroslav Gai;
8. Entangled, Ukraine, Germany, Poland, dir. Ivan Orlenko, prod. Charlotte Kruger;
9. Golden Leggings, Ukraine, Germany, Poland, dir. Arkady Nepytaliuk, prod. Regina Maryanovska-Davidson;
10. My Cross, Ukraine, dir. Zhora Papoyan, prod. Leon Konstantinov;
11. Invisible Front: Kherson, Ukraine, Estonia, Great Britain, dir. Olga Gibelinda, prod. Vitaly Sheremetyev;
12. Unholy Power, Ukraine, Germany, France, dir. Roman Lyubiy, prod. Andriy Kotlyar, Felix Herman, Pauline Tran van Leeuw;
13. Slavik's Journey to Forever, Ukraine, dir. Vladyslav Vasylchenko, prod. Lukyan Galkin;
14. The Romance Apocalypse, or The Long-Distance Train, Ukraine, Lithuania, dir. Denis Kolesnikov, prod. Andriy Kornienko;
15. Times New Roman, Ukraine, Lithuania, Germany, Latvia, dir. Filip Sotnychenko, prod. Sashko Chubko.
Participants of the Work in Progress pitching of the 16th Odesa International Film Festival:
1. The Bear, Ukraine, dir. Yevhen Tunik, prod. Oleksiy Gladushevskyi;
2. Dovzhenko, Ukraine, Romania, Slovakia, dir. Kostiantyn Konovalov, prod. Hanna Docheva;
3. Livin’, Ukraine, dir. Yevhen Matvienko, Pylyp Illenko, Oleksandr Timenko, prod. Pylyp Illenko;
4. Every Death Diminishes Me, Ukraine, Netherlands, dir. Serhiy Bazhenov, prod. Inna Lastochkina;
5. TIME MACHINE MAIDAN, Ukraine, Germany, dir. Volodymyr Tykhy, Roman Lyubiy, prod. Andriy Kotlyar, David Armati Lechner;
6. Kira’s Dream, Ukraine, dir. Denys Kolesnikov, prod. Andriy Kornienko;
7. There's No Place, Ukraine, USA, dir. Bohdana Smirnova, prod. Bohdana Smirnova;
8. Sequela, Ukraine, dir. Alla Mityukova, prod. Oleksiy Yeroshenko;
9. Silence of the Estuaries, Ukraine, dir. Volodymyr Bakum, prod. Volodymyr Ladyzhets.
The Odesa International Film Festival is supported by:
Ukrainian State Film Agency
The European Union and Creative Europe Desk Ukraine
Adam Mickiewicz Institute “Instytut Adama Mickiewicza”
Polish Institute in Kyiv
German Films
Official Sponsor – ARARAT
Official Automotive Partner – BMW Ukraine
General Partner of Film Industry Office – UPHub
Official jewelry partner - Carrera Y Carrera General
Technological Partner -Hisense
Official partner bank – Pivdenny
Official beauty partner - L'Oréal Paris
Water Partner – TM Morshynska
Official Ceremonies Partner of OIFF – international beauty space chain G×Bar
Evening Dress Partner – Rent A Brand
Partner Film Industry Office - Cinema Sound UA Production
General Media Partner – 1+1 Media
General Information Partner – Starlight Media
Media Partner – ICTV2 TV Channel
Media Partner – 1+1 Ukraine TV Channel
Media Partner – MEGOGO
Information Partner – Kyivstar TV
PR Partner – Name PR
Fashion Media Partner – ELLE
Charity Partner – Children of Heroes Foundation
Partner – TA Ventures
Partner – ICLUB
Official Film Festival Locations
Parkovy is a world-class event location complex in the very center of Kyiv
“Zhovten” Cinema
“Oscar” Cinema
House of Architect