National Cinematheque of Ukraine ( ua, Національна кінематека України (НКУ)) is a Ukrainian film studio that came out of the well-known

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after the

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History

In the early 1930s, Techfilm, a department specializing in educational films, was opened at the Dovzhenko Film Studio. On 1 January 1941, the department was transformed into a film studio with the same name — Techfilm. In 1942–1944, the studio was evacuated to

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, where educational and propaganda films for the

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were produced. In 1944, the studio was moved to

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. In 1954, it was renamed the Kyiv Studio of Popular Science Films (abbreviated — Kyivnaukfilm). In 1966 a modern studio complex was built at НКУ. It contains several pavilions, a

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, and workshops for artistic and technical animation. At that time, the studio produced more than 400 popular science, cartoon,

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, educational and promotional films every year. More than 300 films made at НКУ have been awarded prizes and diplomas at

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and international film festivals. The animated film division was split off from НКУ under the name Ukranimafilm. Since October 2015, a

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case has been filed against НКУ.

Selected films

Animation

* Мова тварин (1967) * Чи думають звірі? (1970) * Індійські йоги — хто вони? (Serebrenikov Almar 1970) * Луна наших емоцій (1977) * Зірка Вавілова (AnatolIy Borsyuk; 1984) * Экспертиза одной сенсации (1985) * Отпечаток (1985) * Мужчина с шести до полуночи * Толкование сновидений (1989) * Миссия Рауля Валенберга (1990) * Три Паньки на ярмарку (1991) * Енеїда (1991) * Як козаки у хокей грали (1995)

Popular science/documentaries

* Невідома Україна / Unknown Ukraine (1993)

References

External links

National Cinemateque of Ukraine website

Ukrainian animation studios Government-owned companies of Ukraine {{film-studio-stub