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10 of July, 01:00

Odessa international film festival kicks off in Ukraine
Odessa international film festival (OIFF), a competitive program which includes 12 paintings, as well as among them from Russia, USA, Ukraine, great Britain, Israel, France, Denmark, will open in Ukraine on the last working day of the week the film "Reality" of French Director Quentin Dupe.

The festival will be held from 10 to 18 July.

the opening ceremony will be awarded the Honorary award of the FESTIVAL "Golden Duke" for his contribution to the British film composer Michael Nyman, who gained worldwide popularity due to the music to the films of Peter Greenway, said the press service of the festival.

Michael Nyman group together with the Michael Nyman Band will present at the Potemkin stairs author's musical accompaniment to the film "Man with a movie camera" by Dziga Vertov.

"During the FESTIVAL-2015 at the Potemkin stairs will be a memorable character of the European film Academy. The installation of a memorial sign Potemkin stairs will be given the status of " treasures of European film culture along with the House of the Lumiere brothers in Lyon, the apartment of Sergei Eisenstein in the capital of Russia, the Center of Ingmar Bergman in Sweden and other ", - said the press service.



The Russian Federation in the international competition program of the festival presents the film "Angels of revolution" directed by Aleksei Fedorchenko ( "Porridge" ), awarded the prize for best Director at " Kinotavr-2015 ".

at the Grand Prix most of the competition, which is awarded for the results of the audience vote, claiming tapes from Ukraine, France, Iran, Denmark, USA, Argentina, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Germany, Colombia, great Britain, Israel, Turkey.

The jury of the international competition program will be headed by the winner of the Cannes film festival, French Director, screenwriter and producer Jeanne Lebrun. Similarly, the Jury entered a producer and member of the European film Academy Dariusz Jablonski (Poland), winner of the Berlinale, Director Srdjan Dragojevic (Serbia) and documentary Director Sergey Bukovsky (Ukraine).

during the festival there will Also be contests of national cinema and a small meter and non-competitive program.



Honorary guest of the festival, the Director of the Cannes film festival and the Institute Lumiere Thierry Fr?maux, will introduce out-of-competition program " Lumiere!" in honor of the 120th anniversary of cinema. Almanac of 98 restored films, produced by Louis Lumi?re and its operators, will be shown for the first time after the Cannes premiere.

A retrospective of films by Irish Director Jim Sheridan ( "My left foot" ) is dedicated to another guest of the festival - the six-time nominee for " Oscar ", the recipient of numerous international awards.

In the non-competitive section of the FESTIVAL "Path to freedom" - on the role of civil society, human rights and the fight for freedom - includes six documentaries and two fiction films from Ukraine, Chile, Romania, Russia, Estonia, Germany. The program "Odessa in flames: the occupation/liberation" will present Soviet and foreign Films devoted to the great Patriotic war.

Films acclaimed at festivals in Europe, will show in the " Festival of festivals ", and among them the Russian film "White nights postman Alexei Trapezina" Andrei Konchalovsky.

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