also very often, when only a certain country , ukraine, in our case, nominates a film to compete for an oscar, very often there is less in the media, but there was such a thing that it was immediately called a nomination, no, friends, it is just a nomination, a nomination is , when it is already going directly to the finals, there are about five or six tapes that are fighting for victory, and here, i emphasize, in 20 days ahead in mariupol, only this one remains... the stage of getting into the nomination, well, and then god will give win, so we cheer for this tape, let's watch it now, i will remind you about it, it was at the ukrainian box office, you could watch it, i generally encourage such tapes, and watch it on the big screen, because the emotions from it are simply colossal, i will tell you that there are many of my acquaintances who were afraid to watch it, but i don't want you to...

behave like that, because the film, in particular, is therapeutic, that is, it is so painful, but it will not kill you, it is somehow made in such a way that, on the contrary, it adds optimism, although it would seem that from where to take it, precisely in this situation, he talks about the occupation mariupol, the authors, evgeny maloletka, imstislav chernov happened to be there, they, as internationally famous photojournalists , went there immediately when the full-scale war began, and they filmed there for 20 days, they miraculously managed to leave, and of course the shots that now you see, they're just extremely emotional, there's just great drama, if you can use that word, this film, which has really become very, very iconic in the world, it was first shown at the sundance festival in the united states america, where he received.

the audience award, and if you look at the different platforms where the world audience gives their ratings after watching the film, you will see that 20 days in mariupol consistently has the highest score and almost all the reviews are positive from viewers in all countries of the world, so it's not no mercy for us as ukrainians, no mercy for the authors as ukrainians, who said , you know, how many people think now, oh, maybe this film has gone so far, because, well , this is ukraine now... on time, no, the film is just very cool , and i like that we finally this oscar race has reached the point where we're not just presenting a good movie that's nothing to be ashamed of, but a movie that absolutely deserves to win, let's watch the excerpt.

well, now we can look at the authors mstislav chernov and yevhen maloletka, now they are preparing, preparing to fight further, because you know, this oscar race, it's not just about the quality of films, it's also about marketing, it's about... promotion, and this must always be taken into account, because it is always necessary a lot of money, you know, every product, and even a quality film, even one that can be called artistic, still in some sense it is a product that needs to be sold, promoted, made so that people know about it, and this is very it is important at these various film festivals, ceremonies, contests and so on, especially at the oscars, and of course you need to work. with promotion,

we need the film to be about kakati in the united states, we need the audience there to know him, the press to write about him, well, sort of everything is okay with that, if we are talking about 20 days in mariupol, so we are waiting and of course we will support our authors, root for them. and i want to remind you in a few words what was the history of the relationship between ukraine, ukrainian cinematographers and oscar, well , in general, i will say that there are some specific... and skeptical opinions that oscar is not as important as it is portrayed, these people who say that, they argue that look, even americans, in general, the world audience is watching this ceremony less and less, indeed, the audience is constantly falling, but i want to say that it still remains such a powerful platform for expression, for our position, we should use any platform to promote our position, well, even more so...

the american film academy award , because you can go out there, give a speech, the speech will be spread all over the media, well, you understand how it all works, so, as i said before, we've come a long way from submitting to the oscars such rather weak films, just to submit, then there was a stage: we submitted a film that we are not ashamed to submit, which shows our country as a country with a sufficiently developed cinematography, so now we have a new stage, when we are already ready and hoping for some kind of victory. the transition stage, about which i said that we submitted a good film, but maybe it will not pass, after some long list, again, maybe it was connected with the fact that they knew how to make a good film, but they did not know how to promote it, and here we have to learn this as well, it seems we already know how, so this is the first film that at all were nominated for an oscar, well, first of all, if we are already showing my favorite oksana bayrak,

who is now a favorite in quotes, who is currently in russia, this director who loves both the russian government and russia very much, and here is this film aurora, which at one time also about... with submission deadlines, but of course the film could not go to any oscar or any stages, simply oksana bayrak, until now, many years have passed, she still writes that she is the author of this brilliant film , which should have won an oscar but something went wrong, but it was worthy. in general, the first film that ukraine offered to american film academics, offered to... this struggle there was a film called friend of the dead man, it was 1997, directed by vyacheslav kristofovich, if you watched this film, then this is exactly a film from that cohort, but in the 90s we had such were

filmed, when it was, when you watch it for the first time, you think, for sure, that this is a russian film, because it was shot in russian, russian actors, there were many russian actors, but you look at the credits and you see the dovzhenka studio there, that in general it is a ukrainian director, a ukrainian film, but... well, but of course the film didn’t pass, then from such iconic tapes, there was probably a screening of the film mamai, it is, well, i confess, my favorite film by olesya sanin, and i think you also watched his sequel, which became a super hit, and now dovbysh, but after all, i really like mamai, he has such a beautiful, interesting film language there, they also showed the film illusion of fear, which is also quite interesting, journalist yuriy butusov was there. one of the producers, and in general it was shot according to turchynov's script, and it is certain that the first such stage, well, the stage was important, when there was an oscar scandal, when our movies, our oscars were chosen , our oscar committee between two films, this is a tribe and

a leader, they chose a leader, but then , after the fact, everyone started talking about the fact that it would be more appropriate to nominate a tribe , because it's more in the format of the oscars and that's it. this category is the best film in a foreign language, then that category was called that, well , we passed such a qualitative stage when we submitted the level of black valentin vasyanovych, it was then that they started talking about the fact that, okay, the film is not passed, for example, the shortlist, but still we are proud of the fact that we submitted a worthy film, now we can see its fragments, this is the main character, a photographer who is going through such a middle-age crisis, such a certain love story. and this movie is about a spoiler right away, it has such a positive enough ending, although throughout the movie we see a man who is not too bad, not doing too well, who has fallen into a kind of emotional, emotional hole, let's say, well, and more recently, clone dyke was also a participant from

ukraine in the oscar race, from my point of view in my opinion, a very, very worthy film by maryna rgorbach, which also participated in many , many different festivals. both won and received positive reviews, and that is why , you see, in recent years in general there has been such a trend that every, every film that participates from ukraine at the oscars, at this oscar race, it is very worthy, it may not be released there in some finals, stages, but all the same we believe that the tape represents ukraine well, so now we are waiting for the actual kazu. or how it will develop the story of 20 days in mariupol, what will be there at the oscars, well, we have to cheer, yes, and then watch this oscar in the middle of the night and then comment on it all the next day. well, now let's move on to the topic of derzhkino, let's briefly

say what new pitfalls its head marina kuderchuk has fallen into, because she has been falling into them, unfortunately, from the very beginning of her tenure there. the fact is that we often talk about the importance of these foreign film festivals and generally platforms where our labels can take participation and how important it is, how important cultural diplomacy is, this is such a concept. and now ukrinform has published a large interview with maryna kudarchuk, and i will say that she very, very rarely communicates with journalists, they, she still hasn't given such an interview since 2019, and after taking office, which usually officials give, and then she chatted, this interview was of course very complimentary, there she told how the state cinema functions perfectly, although a large part of the film community is simply outraged, and marina. kuderchuk already demands her activity has been actively demanding her resignation for more

than a year due to, as the cinematographers say, the professor ’s unsuitability, misunderstanding in the processes of cinema and damage to ukrainian, ukrainian cinema, in principle, but i will stop at one point, because in this material maryna kudarchuk says how wonderful in general we have things are developing on international platforms, here are her words under the title, i quote: the russians are trying to learn from... but most international festivals treat ukraine's position with understanding. let's listen to ms. kuterchuk's words. on unfortunately, the russians are trying to infiltrate everywhere, they are submitted to some festivals as neutral , they are submitted through georgia, or they are disguised as someone else, but we appeal and express our position regarding their participation and propaganda of russian cinema. most international festivals... treat ukraine's position with understanding. well, in parallel with this interview

, almost at the same time, a large material of my colleague oleg baturin, who was at the tallinn film festival dark nights and talked with its director mrs. tiina, is published on the lba website. locks, where she declared that she would no longer have anything to do with ukrainian state cinema. she supports ukrainian filmmakers and is happy to help. you, but you will not have any business with derzhkino in any case. let's hear why. maryna kuderchuk is completely incompetent in cinema, it is very difficult to talk to a person who does not know even a basic level of cinematography, neither local nor world. in addition, she absolutely does not speak any language, not that english, but it seems that she does not even speak ukrainian speaks, and there is nothing to talk about in russian with her. and oleg baturan writes in

his material, i will quote ms. tina again , she says that in the end, when she managed to get a call at the cannes film festival, she wanted to talk to her, yes, but ms. marina ignored her, because in the words of mrs. tiina, and here she says the following: in the end, when she managed to get a call, kuderchuk answered with a mouth full of... food, clucking loudly and shamelessly, well, that is, you can imagine, in general, for a long time, various representatives there international film festivals or other foreign producers there, they speak quite negatively about ms. marina, for example, the head of the ukrainian analogue of the state cinema in bulgaria also said such skeptical things more than once, but it usually did not happen there publicly. because people are all educated, they were just so horrified by the behavior, but they didn’t say anything publicly, and

here you can imagine how much the head of the ukrainian state cinema got the head of the tallinn film festival, that she couldn’t stand it and said, that’s it everything is public, that is, we can imagine , well, let’s do it somehow, well, i don’t know, there are rumors that ms. maryna already wanted to be fired from her position at least twice, because... people’s deputies, as if she also got a little bit of her behavior, but we see that she is still in her position, because of this, the filmmakers, unfortunately, even say that they will refuse to come to the pitching next year and get money for some of their films, and in general they say that the pitching which is expected, let's better spend this money on drones, on anything, on support for our military, because there will be no business from this movie anyway, well, let's end on this negative note and move on to something more positive, it seems to me, because it has already been announced that

it will be released on february 14 to release the film lessons of tolerance by arkady nepatoliuk, in general , i really like all arkady's films, i think you too, i think you watched his film at least incidentally, there were also discussions about this film, as always , some liked it, some didn't, i really liked it, that's why that close situation but for... arkady is preparing a film for us, as i understood from the description and from the trailer, that there is a family of such homophobes, but they go to such and such a... action, i don't know what to call it, keep it to yourself at the home of an lgbt representative, they go for it because they need money, and this is what destruction of stereotypes they face, getting to know the main character, who is a homosexual, who comes to live with them, well, let's watch an excerpt

and then talk with arkady , so that's it... we open the door for him, he for us says: hello, are you next? hello, dear, western homosexual, homosexual, homosexual, welcome to the welcome to the ukrainian apartament, so further he crosses the threshold, well, let's talk more about this tape now with arkady, arkady, good day to you, good day! congratulations, well, let's first, do i understand this film correctly at all , it is really about some, some action, so tell me what you invented in the film, why exactly this family, which does not treat lgbt representatives very well, or invites to have an lgbt representative live in their home, well , it is said that this family is the best, they

subscribe to the european union program for e. adaptation to the lgbt community, this is a program , if the european one is like that, this is not an action, but a program, and there is this program promises huge benefits for the rent, for everything, and that's why they would bite, the family in general, but nadiya naidyuk, the main character, if, she, my mother and the wife of this family, she is the only one who wants... at least in some way if to pull out of some difficulty and save this family, she presents the idea that if you subscribe to this program, you already know, i heard among the film community, not even among the film community, but among the viewers who watched your trailer and somehow already discussed this film, you know,

they said that it was something like crazy wedding, because there was a plot against racism, and you are against it. homophobia, maybe somehow you feel about such comparisons, and maybe you have heard it, and tell me in general, what is the purpose of this film, that is , to make fun of homophobia or somehow get the audience to change their point of view, have become more tolerant, i don't know, many filmmakers generally say that we don't want to educate our viewers, we just want to raise some topic, let the audience be educated or not, it does n't matter to us. well, in our film it is not only about homophobes and their encounter with this gay man and , let's say, some kind of rebirth and homophobia in people who understand another person, but it is about, in general, about the rebirth of each member of this family and the restoration

of relations between husband and wife, wife husband, children and parents, parents and children, brother. sister, that is, this is such a voluminous story for us, there is not only one plane here, let's say, the collision of homophobes and a representative of the lgbt community, this is one of the lines, and that's why our film is about what we will show people have options for reviving relationships, renewing relationships in the family and reviving the family in general. and i wouldn't say that our film is similar to a crazy wedding or similar films, because first of all, we do not have a comedy genre in its purest form, and such a television comedy, in our country, after all , we shot in the film style, and in our country, the screen language is cinematic, and this is, firstly,

secondly, our basis is the play hey parade by ihor bilitsa, which... already it had authorial elements, yes, and which, too, it was not just so in such a pure genre, but we have a very voluminous story of arkady, please tell me what and how in general you can distinguish a mockery , such a harsh mockery, yes, no, ugly , offensive, from something more constructive because we have it acute enough now questions considering there are different there humorous. shows, or various series , which are constantly accused of making fun of ukrainians, and it's somehow so ukrainophobic a little bit, how to find this... balance when you ironize your characters, well , you can already see it from the trailer, and the previous ones your films also criticized reality, how to make it so that it does not happen, so that they really do

not say, oh, what a ukrainophobic film? you understand, all films or series that make fun of some features of ukrainians, in particular, and which look disgusting for viewer, for all of us. they are usually made by people who seem to look sideways at these funny people, right? and me and our team, we always make these films as about myself, yes, i also make this film as about myself, about a person who, let's say, was kind of homophobic, but was reborn, but i'm different, not because of the program , let's say i passed, that's why, when you do. and uh , about various characters, but if you tell the truth about yourself and make fun of your features, then you will treat these characters

as you treat yourself, as people, and you do not you will look at some plebeians from a height, some kind of aristocracy or something imaginary, and this is exactly what ensures some respect and love for characters, for people. don't you think that in our cinema , your colleagues are a little afraid of the topic of the lgbt community in general, because we don't have so many films on this topic, or is it just that , somehow, this topic has been touched on less for some other reason, that's why that i heard from the producers quite a few such opinions that let's not film about it, because the audience won't go, the audience won't watch. and of course, there is an incentive to take on stories , not that some lgbt stories, let's say, but stories that are elementary, like we have one of the characters,

yes, a representative of the lgbt community, it's not like we have an lgbt film, there is fear, because in general, the public perception of this community and this topic is usually very sharp and very negative, and that is why, for example, i rushed with this project. project for more than one year, and certain producers and companies first took up and then abandoned this idea, because they did not want, let's say, to take risks, not i wanted to risk my name or something or authority, of course we have fears, but i don't know, for me personally it is important that if my film does not speak honestly. something about us and about myself, i'm not saying something honestly, yes, then what 's the point of doing it simply so that people just laugh and don't understand anything else or

what, it's important here that people see for themselves as if in a mirror and also laughed at how innocent they look, i think that because of this laughter, when we show some flaws, yes human, people are easier on... this and i have one last question for you, we literally have a minute left, you know, a lot of television itself is criticized for the fact that, once again , both series and comedy shows are spread by homophobic, sexist, some kind of racist narratives, and there is a lot of it, i can say that i see it until now, you also once worked on television as a director, can you give your opinion, why on television with us? there was so much of it, and yet it is impossible to digest all these things, oh, it is a very difficult question, i do not know how,

let's say, if i were to get to the truth of the answer to this question, it seems to me that uh, for the most part, our television plays with - with something to please certain classes, something so aggressive. strata of the population , er, and that's why they play with sexism, play with homophobia, because many people will like it, many people will simply stand in solidarity with them and together with them , they will get over these funny monsters, well, in quotes , and for the sake of pleasing the television viewer, it seems to me that this is done here. and we, on the contrary, if it were not that this story of ours does not please us, and we, on the contrary, if we were to dabble in it, what do you see, what you, for example,

are biased. not only there to gays, even to lesbians, to anyone else, but also to your wife, to your children, eh, that's why, what's wrong with you, understand yourself and also laugh at the fact that you, what's wrong with you arkady, thank you very much, i wish you a large number of viewers of your film, we will definitely remind you about it on the air, arkady nepytalyuk, the director was on our air, talked about his new movie, lessons of tolerance, you can rent it on february 14 on the day of all lovers, or on the day of lovers, so how to call it correctly, let me remind you that the previous films arcadia, krovyanka , for example, are on youtube and you can to watch, and you can also watch the accompanying ones on youtube officially, and also on various online cinemas, by all means i advise you to do it, well, to be brief, we have literally two minutes left to talk about those tapes, about the lgbt community in general. that

affect the lgbt community, it is very, very theirs not much, well, first of all, the film my young prince is being prepared now, i am rooting for him very much, because now we will show you what he looks like, a very beautiful film, very stylish, we also do not have many such meetings, as it used to be possible to be fascinated by the visual component, well, it seems to me that this will be one of the most daring ukrainian films, it is just being prepared, i emphasize, i don’t know anything about it yet, i haven’t watched it, but still... about it cheering, and also the series the first swallows, we have, this is one of the revolutionary series on to our television, because our tv presenters, colleagues who are engaged in tv series, are in no hurry to do something bold, something interesting, to experiment, but here are actually the first hits, they are on the contrary, they made it a kind of breakthrough, just a super breakthrough and

created a resonant series where ... there was also a line of a homosexual teenager who completely destroyed all the stereotypes about homosexuals that often occur in our country. well, ah, we will continue to watch ukrainian cinema, we will monitor what experiments our cinematographers will do, we will support them. that's all, friends, i say goodbye to you, i wish you a good evening, a good night, and stay with us, stay with espresso. carols and completely new author's carols performed by sofia fedyna, as well as stories of people who devoted themselves to the defense of the country. as a volunteer, that's how i traveled at first, helped the guys, got to know the guys, and that's how it all started. feel the christmas miracle, feel the power of the unity of caring people. volunteer christmas, on the 24th. at 18:15 at

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