FILM.UA Distribution is at the world’s biggest film marketplace – American Film Market!

November 6th, the world’s biggest film content market has begun – American Film Market. FILM.UA Distribution with the support of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation organized Ukrainian stand and screenings of modern Ukrainian films.

This stand will assist in the promotion of Ukrainian films around the world. One of three participants who will represent the country on this stand was selected by competition organized by FILM.UA Distribution in conjunction with the Ukrainian State Film Agency, won by Alla Bielaia. Ukrainian delegation also includes CEO of FILM.UA Distribution Igor Storchak and International Sales Manager Evgeniy Drachov.

Films ‘The Rising Hawk’, ‘Foxter & Max’, and ‘Mavka. The Forest Song’ are headlining the stand. The first two of them will be shown to an international professional audience on screenings. ‘Foxter & Max’ on November 8th at 11:00 and ‘The Rising Hawk’ on November 9th at 13:00.

Besides that, there is be a catalog of modern Ukrainian films presented on the stand. As a result of competitive selection, the following films were selected to it: ‘UKE’, ‘Crimea as It Was’, ‘Tangible Freedom’, ‘The Cacophony of Donbass’, ‘Stus’, ‘Rubizh. Operatsiia Hrubeshiv’, ‘Noble Tramps’, ‘Speech!ess’, ‘Skaz’. Also, an international audience can acquaint themselves with films like ‘Cherkasy’, ‘Maid-in-Law’ ‘The Dragon Spell’, ‘The Adventures of Saint Nicholas’, and ‘The Stolen Princess’.

The team of Media Resources Management headed by Lyubov Krokhmalna has made professional support of this project.

We wish our colleges a successful film market!

FYI

FILM.UA Distribution owns the rights to sell the production content of FILM.UA Group in Ukraine and abroad, and acquires the world production content rights for distribution in Ukraine. At present the company has over 1000 content sale contracts concluded for more than 100 territories worldwide - from North America to the Far East. These are television and theatrical rights, paid-basis TV and VOD platforms, mobile video content, etc. The stands of FILM.UA Distribution represent the Group at the largest international content markets: MIPTV, MIPCOM and Marché du Film in Cannes, European Film Market in Berlin, FILMART in Hong Kong, American Film Market in Santa Monica.

The Ukrainian Cultural Foundation (UCF) is a state-owned institution established in 2017 in correspondence with the Law of Ukraine with aim to facilitate development of culture and arts in Ukraine, to provide favourable environment for development of intellectual and spiritual potential of individuals and society, wide access for the citizens to national cultural heritage, to support cultural diversity and integration of the Ukrainian culture into the world cultural space. Activities of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation are guided and coordinated by the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine according to the current legislation.

Ukrainian State Film Agency is a centralized body of executive power, operation of which is directed and coordinated by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine through the Minister of Culture of Ukraine. The Ukrainian State Film Agency is conjoined with the system of the executive governmental entities and provides realization of state policy in the sphere of the cinema.

The American Film Market (AFM) is a film industry event that takes place annually in early November in Santa Monica, California. The 2019 AFM will be held November 6-13. More than eight thousand people attend the eight-day event each year to make new contacts, sell, fund and buy movies.

Participants from more than 70 countries visit the movie market, including company executives, agents, filmmakers, distributors, festival directors, financiers, producers, writers, etc.

AFM is held by the Independent Film and Television Alliance (IFTA), a trade association representing the world's producers and distributors of independent cinema films and television programs.