The Festival of historical films Beyond Time

June 28, 2014 in Kiev Fortress the first festival of historical documentary films was held. It included works of Ukrainian Cinematographers about the history of Ukraine from the 17th century up to the present days. At the festival historical documentary films were demonstrated, such as "Yuri Khmelnitsky" (writer and director Konstantin Shandybin, 2005), "Kobzar" (directed by Taras Tkachenko, Sergey Sotnichenko), "Neptune's Trident. Ukraine. History. Fleet. Sevastopol "(directed by Ivan Kanivets)," Ukrainian Revolution on memoirs Vsevolod Petriv. Episode 1 "(directed by Ivan Kanivets)," Sword and saber "(based on the works of Roman Koval. Director Vladimir Bondarenko. 2013)," Dmytro Doroshenko. My memories of the recent past. 1914-1920. "(Directed by Alexander Dombrowski, 2014), Episod "Theatre" from the series "Mirror of History"soap opera "Chronicle of hopes and illusions"(studio Telecon),"Live honestly and die honestly...Іgumenya Yosef" (directed by Alexander Ryabokrys, Maxim Pogrebnyak, 2014), Newsreel of "culture" cycles, "Caution! Children", " Soviet Ukraine. 1921-1991 "from " The Chronicle of hopes and illusions" series (studio Telecon).

During the festival, a roundtable discussion "When the present turns into a history" was held. The conversation took place in the background of excerpts from the film "20 evidence from the critical day of confrontation on Maydan". Roundtable participants were the creators of this film, the organisers of the festival and all interested viewers.

The first festival of the historical documentary film showed that the Ukrainian documentary today meets the international standards in this genre and is worth demonstrations in other countries. The main trend of the world-historical documentary is a synthesis of documentary and play feature film. This principle is actively used by Ukrainian documentalists during the last decade.

Completely natural is the fact that Ukrainian documentalists shoot films, especially about the history of Ukraine. Thanks to the demonstration of Ukrainian documentaries at the international level there is an additional opportunity to acquaint the international community with the history of Ukraine and tell the world about who we are - the Ukrainians, what influence we had on us and how we influence the world-historical process now, in particular on the global cultural process.

It is not a coincidence that the historical documentary film festival was held at Kiev Fortress. National Historical and Architectural Museum "Kiev Fortress"–is a unique fortification complex that was founded in 18-19 centuries. It is the biggest fortification in Europe. This area has been visited by a lot of outstanding personalities in different historical periods. They have left their mark on history, including, for example, the legendary Baron Munchausen. In Kiev Fortress even the walls are breathing history.

The second International Festival of historical documentary films in Kiev Fortress was held April 10-12, 2015 in Kiev Fortress.

The III International Festival of historical films was held on April 8-10, 2016The IV International Festival of historical films – on April 7-9, 2017, V- 13-15.04.2018, VI - 12-14.04 2019, VII - 28-29.07 2020, VIII - in 2021.

Countries whose films were presented at the festival: Ukraine, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Switzerland, Georgia, Belarus, Argentina, Mexico, USA, and Great Britain. Austria

The festival includes three blocks of films: full-length documentaries, short documentaries, and feature films.

Objectives of the festival:

• Acquaintance Ukrainians with the best examples of domestic and foreign historical documentary
• Bring to mind and spread the idea of​​the importance of the "niche" of historical documentary films, its huge role in the formation of national identity, fostering social consciousness and also the formation of the positive image of Ukraine in the international community
• Acquaintance foreign filmmakers and audiences with the history of Ukraine
• Exchange of experience among filmmakers from different countries

The IX International Festival of historical films - in 22-23.04 2023

Applications for participation in The VІІI International Festival of historical films in Kiev Fortress are accepted until 1 April 2023 to the email address inna.goncharova@gmail.com(chairman of the organization committee of the festival).

Application form for participation in the festival must contain:

• Full name of the films
• Director's name;
• Executive's producer name
• Name of the copyright owner and the rights to show
• The name of the participant country
• Synopsis of the film

Trailer, or the link where organisations can watch the movie in full (otherwise it is necessary to send to the organization committee the disk or USB flash drive with video).

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