More than 500 screenings, almost 100 movie star appearances, and more than 50 feature films: the results of the year of the national tour "Cinema for Victory!"
Kyiv • UNN
As part of the Cinema for Victory national tour, 572 screenings took place in Ukraine, featuring 53 films and about 100 celebrity appearances to support the military and communities.
The National Tour "Cinema for Victory!" summarized the results of 2023, reports UNN.
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In 2023, the Tour organized 572 screenings of Ukrainian feature films in 351 settlements and military units in 22 regions of Ukraine. In particular, 442 screenings took place in military units in 2023.
In total, since the beginning of the Cinema for Victory Tour on August 6, 2022, 1651 screenings of 53 Ukrainian feature films have taken place.
It is reported that during the Tour, a large number of film screenings for the military and communities were attended by Ukrainian cinema stars - project ambassadors: Ada Rogovtseva, Irma Vitovska, Bohdan Beniuk, Akhtem Seitablaev, Oles Sanin, Mykhailo Illienko, and Oleksiy Tritenko.
"And all for the sake of: our military felt gratitude and support, IDPs could feel unity and find motivation to move on, and we all realized once again that when we are together, Ukrainians are invincible, and that after darkness always comes dawn," the statement reads.
Famous filmmakers also joined the Tour's screenings to present their own films and communicate with the audience: Kateryna Stepankova, Zaza Buadze, Violeta Kirtoka, Maryna Koshkina, Dmytro Sova, Andriy Mostrenko, Ivanka Illienko, Andriy Suyarko, Larysa Rusnak, Bohdan Zhdanov, Oleksandr Kryshtal, Yaroslav Slozhynsky, Bohdan Maksymenko, Mykhailo Kravchenko, Serhiy Bordeniuk, Oles Sanin, Kostyantyn Linartovych, Oleksandr Pozharskyi, Roman Yasinovskyi, Hryhoriy Baklanov, Roman Deriga, Yevhen Dyachenko, Artem Denysov, Natalia Polovynka, Olesya Morgunets-Isaenko, Sashko Lirnyk, Taras Bosak, Andriy Isayenko, Andriy Saminin, Ihor Tsishevych, Oleksandr Yatsenyuk, Serhiy Fomenko, Yakiv Tkachenko, Dmytro Vivchariuk, Dasha Plakhtiy, and others.
"While implementing the National Tour "Cinema for Victory!", we communicate with the military at all levels and throughout Ukraine, and we hear words of gratitude and the importance of continuing the Tour. It is the understanding of the relevance and necessity of our activities that motivates our team and partners to continue developing the project after 17 months of active work," comments Andriy Zol, Chairman of the Board of the Association "Watch Ukrainian!" Andriy Rizol.
It is also noted that the National Tour "Cinema for Victory!" has gained national recognition as a highly effective art project, winning the Responsible Country competition in the nomination "Support for Education and Culture" and winning the prestigious international SABRE Awards EMEA as the Best Social Project. The Tour also won the PR case study competition in the PR Campaign for Victory nomination as part of the PR marathon of the Ukrainian publishing house MMR.
As part of the National Tour "Cinema for Victory!", 53 feature films were screened, including: "Dovbush" directed by Oles Sanin, "Mavka. The Forest Song" directed by Oleksandr Ruban and Oleh Malamuzh, "My Carpathian Grandfather" directed by Zaza Buadze, "Shchedryk" directed by Olesya Morgunets-Isaenko, "The Rising Hawk" directed by Akhtem Seitablaev and John Wynn, "The Guide by Oles Sanin, Cyborgs by Akhtem Seitablayev, Kruty 1918 by Oleksiy Shaparev, and Hell's Banner, or Cossack Christmas by Mykhailo Kostrov, "Watchtower by Yuriy Kovalev, My Thoughts Are Quiet by Antonio Lukic, Toloka by Mykhailo Illienko, Foxter and Max by Anatoliy Mateshko, "Atlantis by Valentyn Vasyanovych, I Work at the Cemetery by Oleksiy Taranenko, Peaceful 21 by Akhtem Seitablayev, Pamphyr by Dmytro Sukholytkyi-Sobchuk and many others.
In addition, as part of the National Tour "Cinema for Victory!" in 2023, about 200 screenings of short documentary short films by the Culture vs War project directed by Kadim Tarasov took place.
It should be noted that the National Tour "Cinema for Victory!" is being implemented at the initiative of the President's Office, the Ukrainian State Film Agency, the "Watch Ukrainian!" Association, as well as individual units of the Armed Forces and the National Guard. The idea of the Cinema for Victory tour came about in late June, and the tour itself began just 6 weeks later, on August 6, 2022, at a military unit of the National Guard in Vinnytsia region. The project was made possible thanks to a partnership with the MHP-Hromada charitable foundation.
We would like to add that it was with the support of the MHP Community Foundation that a special movie car was manufactured, which allows broadcasting films in the open air, even in places that are not suitable for this.
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"MHP-Hromadas is a Ukrainian charitable foundation that started its operations in 2015. Its main mission is the comprehensive development of communities. The geography of its activities includes 12 regions of Ukraine: more than 700 towns and villages. Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Foundation has been systematically supporting people in the regions of hostilities, Ukrainian defenders and rescuers, communities, hospitals and maternity homes, charitable institutions that care for orphans and the elderly, as well as people who have lost their homes and livelihoods due to the war.
