Berlinale 2023 expresses its solidarity with Ukraine both in the film selection and with various events. One of these events is the so-called “Producers Presentations” during which Ukrainian Institute will present five (5) Ukrainian producers in order to introduce their projects and to support their search for international partners.
FEB 17th | EFM Producers & Projects Hub, Martin Gropius Bau, 2nd floor (Market Badge Access) | TIME 5-6 pm
The participants were selected by the festival’s organizers from the long-list made by the Ukrainian Institute.
The delegation will include Maksym Asadchyi, Denys Ivanov, Maksym Nakonechnyi, Yuliia Sinkevych, and Viktoria Khomenko.
“It was not easy to choose – all candidates are very strong professionals and meet the selection requirements. When making the selection it was considered that several producers from the list will participate in other events of the EFM and the Co-Production Market,” – comments the team of the Film Market.
The selected producers will present their projects to the international professional community, as well as establish valuable professional contacts.
Below is the list of the projects that will be presented.
Title: ALL CLEAR SIGNAL!
Producer: Maksym Asadchyi
Created by Dmytro Holumbevskiy, Written by Anna Holban
Based on real events in the life of 40 million Ukrainian people
Stage: Early development
Title: PTSD
Director: Maksym Ksjonda
Producer: Maksym Asadchyi
Screenwriter: Andrey Negreskul
Stage: Early development
Title: ITS NOT A FULL PICTURE
Director: Maryna Stepanska
Producer: Julia Sinkevych, JS Films (Ukraine)
Co-produced by Paula Alvarez Vaccaro, Pinball London LTD (UK)
Initial support of the project was provided by European producers club. Development grant from Netflix special program of the support for Ukrainian filmmakers. The project is a winner of WEMW Ciclic award 2023.
Stage: the late development stage
Title: KAI
Written and directed by Oleh Sentsov
Producer: Denis Ivanov
Stage: development
Title: DEMONS
Written directed by Natalka Vorozhbyt
Producer: Denis Ivanov
Stage: in post-production
Title: STATE (working title)
Director: Nikon Romanchenko
Producer: Vika Khomenko
Stage: development
Title: THE DAYS I WOULD LIKE TO FORGET
Directors: Alina Gorlova, Yelizaveta Smith,
Maksym Nakonechnyi, Simon Mozgovyi
Producers: Eugene Rachkovsky, Maksym
Nakonechnyi, Karina Kostyna
Stage: development
Please, find more information about the producers HERE.
Spotlight on Ukrainian producers @EFM 2023
