The Electronic Catalogue of Ukrainian Documentary Films

We are happy to share that we have restored the 5th edition of the Ukrainian Documentary Films Catalogue, which covers the film projects, personalities, and organisations from 2018–2020, in an online format.

Yulia Kovalenko, the Programme Director of Docudays UA and editor of the printed 5th edition, comments on the initiative:

“Today, we are all living in a situation where we have to carefully preserve and cherish, among other things, our history and heritage. The present of Ukrainian documentary filmmaking is rooted in the history of its rapid rise: the collection of Ukrainian non-fiction cinema is being built by us year after year, it has continuity and development trajectories. To make sure that this process never loses its outlines and is protected from oblivion, dispersion or distortion, we have decided to give a second life to the past Catalogues of Ukrainian Documentary Films which are more than five years old. We began digitization with the last 5th edition of the Catalogue that was published in the classic printed format. Now you can flip through it not only as a .pdf, but also in an open electronic format. Some of the projects in it have already been implemented, some others were later transformed; there will also be projects that are still on their path to the big screen. All of them are an integral part of the living organism of Ukrainian documentary filmmaking.”

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Dear friends,

We are happy to present the fifth edition of the Ukrainian Documentary Films Catalogue.

In our world, full of new challenges, the capacity of documentary films to strongly influence the society is becoming increasingly obvious. True documentary films are capable of making the invisible visible.

Like in the past years, Ukrainian documentaries today participate in numerous international festivals, forums, and win awards. For the fifth time, we collect in one catalogue the Ukrainian documentaries that show contemporary Ukraine to the world—who we really are, what we care about.

We've already had some successful experience of making documentary films in international coproduction. So we hope that this catalogue will help establish new professional connections.

Thus, we invite you to meet the new Ukrainian documentary cinema.

Ukrainian State Film Agency

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In recent years, cinema in Ukraine has become one of the fastest growing industry sectors. A lot of young talented directors started to make films. Some of them are already well known, their films have been recognized by juries of prestigious international film festivals in different countries. Some created films in coproduction, showing our foreign colleagues that Ukraine is blooming with interesting stories.

In the fifth edition of the catalogue, we present not only documentaries which are already ready for festival and theatrical run, but also film projects at various stages of production which will hopefully attract your audiences.

We hope that this catalogue will open up the Ukrainian documentary cinema to you and help industry professionals to find reliable partners in Ukraine.

Gennady Kofman and the Docudays UA team

The team behind the catalogue includes:
Producer: Gennady Kofman

Production Manager: Victoria Leshchenko

Editor: Yulia Kovalenko

Proofreader: Roksolana Mashkova

Design: Dasha Podoltseva

Colour Correction: Valeria Protsko

Digitization: Oleksandra Kalinichenko

The fifth edition of the Catalogue of Ukrainian Documentary FIlms is being digitised with the support of the International Renaissance Foundation. The Catalogue does not necessarily reflect the position of the International Renaissance Foundation.

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