Dovzhenko Film Studios

National Cinema Studio of feature films named after O.Dovzhenko

Type	State-owned Corporation
Industry	Motion Pictures
Founded	1927
Headquarters	Kiev, Ukraine
Key people	Igor Stavchanskyi (CEO)
Products	Motion Pictures

The Dovzhenko Film Studios (Ukrainian: Національна кіностудія художніх фільмів імені О. Довженка, translit. Natsional'na kinostudiya khudozhnikh filmiv imeni O. Dovzhenka) is a Ukrainian film production studios that were named after the Ukrainian film producer, Alexander Dovzhenko, in 1957. Since 2000 the film studios were awarded status national. Until 1991 it was part of the Soviet film studios.

History

Its history the studios begin in 1920's when the All-Ukrainian Photo-Cinema-Directorate (VUFKU) announced concourse on a project proposition for the construction of a cinema-factory in 1925. Out of 20 of them was chosen the project of Valerian Rykov who led his architect group composed of students of the Architectural Department of Kiev Art Institute. With the construction of the O. Dovzhenko Film Studios beginning in 1927, it was at the time the largest in the Ukrainian SSR. Although the filming pavilions were still unfinished a year later, movie production had begun. Many memorial plates are located within the studios in memory of the many film producers which had once worked here. One film pavilion is named Shchorsovskyy, because Olexandr Dovzhenko shot his movie, Shchors, there. This area of the studios is currently used as a museum.

The apple orchard located on the side of the avenue near the studios was planted by the order of Dovzhenko himself. Since 1957, they were named in memory of Alexander Dovzhenko.

In December 2009 a studio for the digital restoration of Ukrainian films was opened on the complex.^[1]

Selected films

• 1926 Ягодка любви / Love's Berries, directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko (silent film)
• 1928 Арсенал / Arsenal, directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko (silent film)
• 1928 Звенигора / Zvenigora, directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko (silent film)
• 1929 Человек с киноаппартом / Man with a Movie Camera, directed by Dziga Vertov (documentary film)
• 1930 Земля / Earth, directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko (silent film)
• 1932 Иван / Ivan, directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko (silent film)
• 1935 Аэроград / Aerograd, directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko (sci-fi)
• 1939 Щорс / Shchors, directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko (documentary film)
• 1964 Тіні забутих предків / Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, directed by Serhiy Paradzhanov (historical)
• 1970 Білий птах з чорною ознакою / White Bird with Black Mark, directed by Yuriy Illyenko
• 1972 Пропала Грамота / The Lost Letter, directed by Borys Ivchenko
• 1973 В бой идут одни «старики»/Only Old Men Are Going to Battle, directed by Leonid Bykov.
• 1991 Голод-33 / Famine-33, directed by Oles Yanchuk
• 1995 Москаль-чарівник / Moskal-Charivnyk, directed by Mykola Zasieyev-Rudenko
• 2003 Мамай / Mamay, directed by Oles Sanin

See also

• Mosfilm
• Gorky Film Studio
• Lenfilm
• Belarusfilm
• Soyuzmultfilm

References

1. ^ Studio for digital restoration of Ukrainian films opens in Kyiv, Interfax-Ukraine (December 17, 2009)

• Ruta Malikenaite. Guildebook: Touring Kyiv. Kiev: Baltia Druk, 2003. ISBN 966-96041-3-3

External links

• Dovzhenko Film Studios (Soviet studio) at the Internet Movie Database
• (Russian) Non-official site of Olexandr Dovzhenko Film Studios
• (English) / official site of Olexandr Dovzhenko Film Studios