This year’s Odessa International Film Festival has again been denied any state funding by the Ukrainian State Film Agency (Usfa).
This is the second consecutive year that the Agency, under the auspices of Ministry of Culture, has decided not to allocate around $430,000 (1m Hrvynia) to one of Ukraine’s leading international events.
Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily, Oiff’s executive producer Julia Sinkevych said the continued absence of any funding from the Usfa had been “actively discussed” within the film professional community since her blog on the website of Lb.ua last week.
“For many people, it came as a surprise that Odessa Iff is not supported by the state,” said Sinkevych.
“Moreover, some weeks ago we sent an official request to provide the Plan of film events approved by Usfa for financial support in 2015. Usually this document should be published on the web site of Ukrainian State Film Agency, but it is not...
This is the second consecutive year that the Agency, under the auspices of Ministry of Culture, has decided not to allocate around $430,000 (1m Hrvynia) to one of Ukraine’s leading international events.
Speaking exclusively to ScreenDaily, Oiff’s executive producer Julia Sinkevych said the continued absence of any funding from the Usfa had been “actively discussed” within the film professional community since her blog on the website of Lb.ua last week.
“For many people, it came as a surprise that Odessa Iff is not supported by the state,” said Sinkevych.
“Moreover, some weeks ago we sent an official request to provide the Plan of film events approved by Usfa for financial support in 2015. Usually this document should be published on the web site of Ukrainian State Film Agency, but it is not...
- 4/10/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
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