UKRTELEFILM

The Ukrainian studio of television films (Ukrtelefilm) was established in 1965 by the resolution of the Council of Ministers of Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

About 3 thousand films of different genres were created over the whole history of this studio.

The films of the studio were awarded thrice Taras Shevchenko National Prize. Hundreds of awards won at prestigious international and All-Union film festivals and contests became evidence of high quality studio works.

There are over 1200 documentary films, more than 200 feature films and drama performance- films with participation of famous artists of Ukrainian cinema and theatre and about 1500 musical films in the great treasury of Ukrtelefilm.

Ukrtelefilm was the only Ukrainian television studio that recorded on video literary men who read their best verses before camera, composers, musicians, worldwide known vocalists who performed their own compositions and masterpieces of the Ukrainian and world classics.

By 1985 video recordings of almost all films have been made, most of film copies and outgoing materials were given for preservation to the Central State Cinema Photo Phono Archives of Ukraine named after H. Pshenychny. It is invaluable archive heritage of the national history, culture and spiritual wealth. Different historical events, personalities, recorded on tape, have been preserved for ever for generations to come.

Since 2000 the studio launched tape shuttle which actually meant preservation of considerable part of its films through tape shuttle from film strip on video cassettes. At present there are about 800 films in the video library of the studio. Among them there are 63 feature films, 15 dramas - films, 501 documentary and 197 musical films (more than 1200 video cassettes ). Over 100 films were restored and recorded on digital software. The work on this project (on technical restoration of the films that were shot 20- 40 years ago) actively continues.

Undoubtedly, all cinema lovers watched such famous films, produced by the Ukrainian studio of television films (Ukrtelefilm) as “ Sunshower”( director V. Gres’; this film won Grand prix at the International Film Festival in France, 1969) “ Perceive yourself”( director R. Yukhymenko; it won Grand Prix at the International Film Festival in Varna, 1971), “ Chornobyl’: two colors of time” ( director I. Kobryn: the film won Taras Shevchenko National Prize in 1992), “ Pitfall” and “Crime with many unknowns ”( director O. Biyma; film won Taras Shevchenko National Prize in 1996) ,TV serials “ Island of love ( director O. Biyma) and “ Roksolana” ( director B. Nebiyeridze) as well as many other documentary, musical and feature television films.
In due time the documentary serial ( 10 series) “ Ten steps to light” was created and dedicated to the 10th anniversary of gaining Ukraine’s Independence. It was highly- appreciated by Ukrainians and drew a wide response of the society.

The Ukrainian studio of television films (Ukrtelefilm) announced All- Ukrainian contest “ 20 years later” to choose the best screenplay of the documentary film dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. The competitive jury chose the best screenplay. Later the film was shot by this screenplay.