Prepared by Natalia Boiko
In 1893, the chief engineer of Novorossiysk University of Odessa Josef Tymchenko invented the prototype of the modern apparatus for film projection. Then he made the first films.
In the 1920s a new modernistic trend appeared in the Ukrainian cinema.
Dovzhenkos films have played a special role in the formation of Ukrainian cinematography.
Molodist- Kyiv International Film Festival Odessa International Film Festival Wiz-Art- International Short Film Festival, held in Lviv Mute Nights, Odessa, International silent film festival which is held in Odessa on the third week on June. Animation Film Festival "Krok" organized by the Ukrainian Association of Cinematographers and takes place in Ukraine and Russia