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International film festival \u201cKiTy\u201d takes place in Mariupol (just 30 km away from the contact line) for the sixth time. Full-length films and shorts, feature, documental and animation films were in the competition program. Organizers note that this year the overall level of works that took part in the festival\u2019s competition is much higher. Over the year between the festivals organizers arrange film screenings and a series of educational events for professionals and wide public, cooperate with international and Ukrainian film events.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

International interest, applications from 13 countries<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kyiv, September 20, 2016.<\/strong> <\/em>Sixth international film festival \u201cKiTy\u201d took place in Mariupol on September 7-10. This year 220 applications from 13 countries have been submitted to the festival including the film produced in Syria, France, Taiwan, the U.S., Canada, Belarus and Russia. The works included full-length and short films (including documentaries, feature films and animation) by both professionals and amateurs. \u201cThis year films by non-professionals accounted for only one fourth of the applications received. Major part of the applications were films produced by professionals or by students studying cinematography. Festival\u2019s level is increasing,\u201d said Olha Novikova, representative of the CinemaHall organization in Mariupol, director of the \u201cKiTy\u201d international film festival speaking at a press-briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center (UCMC) within the framework of UCMC\u2019s project \u201cSpokesperson of peaceful life\u201d implemented with the support of the Foreign Affairs Ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. The festival was supported by several partners from private sector as well as by the Mariupol City Council and the Culture department within the Donetsk regional military-civil administration.<\/p>\n

The festival jury consisted of Ukrainian industry professionals, they were judging the films online. \u201cForty works were shortlisted. Their quality was so good, that it was difficult to choose the best work. The jury made additional nominations in order to award all the best works,\u201d noted Novikova. The winners also received small money prizes from the festival\u2019s partners.<\/p>\n

Novikova said that this year the number of documentaries decreased compared to the last year. Among them were \u201cTen Seconds\u201d (Desyat sekund) by Yuliya Hontaruk and \u201cBrother for the Brother\u201d (Brat za brata) by Ruslan Hanushchak on Georgians fighting in the \u201cAzov\u201d regiment. Quite a number of comedy films and films for children were presented at the festival. As part of the festival\u2019s non-competition program there were cinema screenings of films for children \u201cSong of the Sea\u201d, \u201cOperation Arctic\u201d and \u201cWe are the Best\u201d.<\/p>\n

Film festival during combat actions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Only sounds of explosions audible from nearby Shyrokyne reminded about the proximity of the war. This year according to Olha Novikova everything was quiet. 2014 was the toughest year for the festival, right after the Ilovaysk tragedy when the threat of the offensive on Mariupol seemed to be real. \u201cWe did not cancel the festival although the situation was scary. Firstly, we did not know if we would be able to hold it sometime after. Secondly, we had commitments towards a partner festival – an international film festival in Bulgaria to select Ukrainian films to be screened there,\u201d recalls Novikova. \u201cWe were surprised to see 100 people at our night screening. And it was the night when the ceasefire came into effect. We had a feeling that the art had won.\u201d<\/p>\n

Educational events and international cooperation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Olha Novikova added that in addition to festival activities the team is running a film club with discussions as well as a film and actors school over the year. \u201cWe are supporting young Mariupol filmmakers if they need our advice,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n

\u201cKiTy\u201d is one of several festivals held in the city. \u201cChildren KinoFest\u201d and \u201cUnity and Tolerance\u201d children film festivals are traditionally held in Mariupol, the festival has established cooperation with them. \u201cThey present wonderful films, selected at the best European film festivals. After the screenings we discuss with children the problems the films touch upon,\u201d she said. Mariupol also hosts Ukrainian film festivals \u201cOpen Night\u201d (Vidkryta Nich) and \u201cFrom the country to Ukraine\u201d (Z krayiny v Ukrainu). The festival also cooperates with \u201cZolote Kurcha\u201d and \u201cFestival of Festivals\u201d festivals as well as with the Moscow festival of the art of protest \u201cThe muse of unbreakable\u201d (Muza nepokornykh). Last year \u201cBehind the curtain of war\u201d film about a Donbas battalion volunteer by Mariupol filmmakers was presented there, this year it\u2019s the \u201cCall sign \u2018Subversive\u2019\u201d film about the annexation of Crimea.<\/p>\n

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