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The Ukrainian Film Academy, in partnership with Netflix, has announced the results of a grant program that will provide financial support to twenty Ukrainian film projects. Each project will receive $15,000 to complete the post-production stage. This support will serve as a valuable resource both for emerging filmmakers taking their first steps in the industry and for already established directors. Among the grant recipients are documentary and narrative films by Valentyn Vasyanovych, Oksana Sihareva, Dmytro Avdiyev, and other creators.
The selection of projects spans nearly all areas of contemporary Ukrainian cinema – from war stories to intimate personal dramas. Supported works include Valentyn Vasyanovych’s For Victory!, Angelina Karyakina’s documentary Mariupol-Aleppo-Grozny, and Dmytro Avdiyev’s adventure film Khreshchatyk 48/2. Each film offers a unique perspective while telling stories that reflect modern Ukraine, its realities, and cultural identity. This is cinema that helps shape the image of contemporary Ukraine on the global stage.
In addition to the projects mentioned earlier, the list of grant recipients also includes the following films:
- In the Air, directed and produced by Oksana Sihareva
- Life, directed by Yevhen Matviienko, produced by Pylyp Illienko
- Journalist, directed by Artem Shemet, produced by Ivanna Slobodyanyuk
- From Radvanka, directed by Tomasz Gazlinski, produced by Valeriya Sochyvets
- The Perfect Place, directed and produced by Dmytro Sukholytky-Sobchuk
- Every Death Diminishes Me, directed by Serhiy Bazhenov, produced by Inna Lastochkina
- Team, directed by Oleksandr Salnikov, produced by Akim Halimov
- City, directed by Stanislav Bityutskyi, produced by Dmytro Sukhanov
- Kira’s Dream, directed by Denys Kolesnikov, produced by Andriy Kornienko
- At the End of the Rainbow, directed by Anastasiya Kovalchuk, produced by Khrystyna Kryvosheeva
- Under the Yellow Sky, directed by Maryna Nazarenko, produced by Volodymyr Tretyakov
- Listening to the World, directed by Yelyzaveta Smit, produced by Yevhen Rachkovskyi
- Traces, directed by Alisa Kovalenko, produced by Olha Brehman
- Hide Me in the Light, directed by Markiyan Miroshnychenko, produced by Oleksandr Krasenkov
- Talent, directed by Anastasiya Yermolenko, produced by Andriy Suyarko
- Dad: A Century of Questions Without Answers, directed and produced by Oksana Buhrimova
- This Is Not the Full Picture, directed by Maryna Stepanska, produced by Yuliya Sinkevych
Five independent experts from various European countries were invited to evaluate and select the projects. The jury included Katarína Krnáčová, producer and president of the Slovak Film and Television Academy; Jani Pöso, Finnish screenwriter and producer; Izabela Kiszka-Hoflik, Polish producer; Ioanina Pavel, creative producer from Romania; and Helen Lõhmus, Estonian producer and director. None of them had any connection to the submitted applications, ensuring a transparent and fair selection process.
The project was made possible through international collaboration. In addition to Netflix and the Ukrainian Film Academy, it received support from the EU program House of Europe and the New York Film Academy. Such broad cooperation demonstrates the integration of Ukrainian cinema into the global cultural space. The total grant funding amounted to $300,000. This support is not just financial aid for film production – it represents an investment in the development of Ukrainian culture and helps shape a positive image of the country internationally.
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