10/11/2015 Charity. Culture
The Annual Festival Of Ukrainian Cinema Took Place At Cambridge
On November 6 and 7, 2015, the 8-th annual festival of the Ukrainian cinema took place within the Program of the Ukrainian Studies at Cambridge University founded by the charity fund Firtash Foundation of Dmitry and Lada Firtash. This year the films of the modern Ukrainian film directors such as Ekaterina Gornostay, Svetlana Shimko, Ostap Kostiuk and others, have been demonstrated to the audience. The films in Ukrainian and Russian were accompanied with English subtitles. The shows were held at Winstanley theatre, Trinity College.
The festival of the Ukrainian cinema has taken place annually at Cambridge University since 2008 and demonstrated the best Ukrainian films since the birth of the Ukrainian filmmaking till nowadays. A selection of powerful new documentary produced by the Ukrainian filmmakers was presented at the 8- th year of the festival. Anyone, who registered on website of the Ukrainian Studies Program, could see the movie for free.
The festival of the Ukrainian cinema is one of the events enlisted in the Ukrainian Studies Program at Cambridge University. Founded thanks to the financial support of the charity fund Firtash Foundation, the Ukrainian Studies Program at Cambridge University includes various events, such as exhibitions of the Ukrainian artists, Ukrainian literary evenings, and the festival of the Ukrainian cinema. Leading researchers of Ukraine worldwide are invited to the University, who conduct lectures and seminars on the most urgent topics in history and modern times of Ukraine.
NOTE
Firtash Foundation is a family charity fund established by Dmitry and Lada Firtash with the aim of long- term and systemic support for Ukrainian culture, fostering creative potential of the Ukrainian youth, spreading education. The spheres of activity include improvement of the general perception of Ukraine abroad, forming a positive image of our country in the world, facilitation of Ukrainian art development, showcasing the works of Ukrainian masters abroad, and systemic support for projects in education, Ukrainian historical and cultural studies.
SEE ALSO:
All articles...
14 January 2017
Malanka Festival Took Place In Synkiv
Synkiv village, Dmitry Firtash’s small motherland, hosted about three thousand people from all over Ukraine marking the national holiday of Ukrainian Malanka. In folklore and ethnographic festival "On a visit to Malanka" 25...
20 January 2016
FIRTASH Foundation Awarded Winners of Malanka Fest 2016
This year, as well in previous years, the Foundation of Dmitry and Lada Firtash allocated substantial prize money for the festival participants – 100.000 UAH. At the same time all the Malanka groups received compensation of transport...
19 December 2015
FIRTASH Foundation Presented Christmas Fairytale to Bukovynians
FIRTASH Foundation held a traditional Christmas Fair in Chernivtsi. With the support of Dmitry and Lada Firtash charity fund "Christmas Town" was opened on Cathedral Square. The fair will bring a festive mood to Bukovynians till January...
24 November 2015
Days of Ukraine in the UK Started In London
The Days of Ukraine in the United Kingdom annual festival of Ukrainian Art started with the UK/RAINE exhibition of emerging artists from Ukraine and the UK that opened in London; the first open competition worth GB£75,000 for emerging...
07 November 2015
Memorial to Victims of Holodomor Was Opened In Washington
Implementation of the project on establishing the monument was made possible with the financial support of the Firtash Foundation charity fund. Memorial to victims of Holodomor, was named “Field of Wheat" and is located at the heart of...
03 November 2015
FIRTASH Foundation Announced The Finalists for the Emerging Artists Competition
The competition received over 10,000 entries by 2,100 artists and the 30 finalists chosen from each of the five categories
23 September 2015
FIRTASH Foundation Launches the Competition For Emerging Artists
Artists will be able to enter their work via the Saatchi Gallery’s website into one of five categories: installation, new media, painting, sculpture and street art. A shortlist of 30 artists will be given the opportunity to exhibit their...
15 July 2015
Relations Between Poland and Ukraine Were Discussed in Cambridge
The International Conference on the future of Polish-Ukrainian relations as part of the Ukrainian Studies at the University of Cambridge founded with the FIRTASH Foundation financial support took place in the UK
28 April 2015
FIRTASH Foundation Introduced Ukrainian Art to More Than 100 Thousand Britons
Fund of Dmitry and Lada Firtash FIRTASH Foundation held an exhibition of contemporary Ukrainian art “Premonition: Ukrainian Art Today”, which by the end of 2014 entered the top twenty most visited exhibitions in the world
10 October 2014
FIRTASH Foundation Opened Exhibition of Modern Ukrainian Art in London
An official opening ceremony for the modern Ukrainian art exhibition “Premonition: Ukrainian Art Now” took place on October 8th in the famous Saatchi Gallery in London, as part of the annual festival “Days of Ukraine in the...
17 January 2014
FIRTASH Foundation Awarded Winners Of Malanka-Fest
The winners of the international folklore-ethnographic festival “Malanka-Fest 2014” were determined in Chernivtsi. The carnival was attended by about 42 troupes counting over 1,500 performers from all over Ukraine, Moldova and Romania....
15 January 2014
Ukrainian Malanka Gains Global Popularity
Chernivtsi hosted traditional festival ‘Malanka-fest’ marking national Ukrainian holiday Malanka. This year the carnival has acquired the status of international festival. Thus, the celebration was attended by troupes from three...
11 January 2014
FIRTASH Foundation To Hold Malanka-fest 2014
Chernivtsi are preparing for the national Ukrainian holiday Malanka which is traditionally commemorated by carnival – day festival "Malanka-fest 2014" will be held in the capital of Bukovyna on the 15th of January. For the...
.jpg "Christmas Fair Opened in Chernivtsi")
27 December 2013
Christmas Fair Opened in Chernivtsi
Chernivtsi hosted opening of the Christmas town that will delight residents until January 20, 2013. For the second year in a row, the Holiday Fair in Chernivtsi has been arranged by Lada and Dmitry Firtash’s charity fund FIRTASH...
22 October 2013
Over 110,000 Londoners attended the Days of Ukraine in the UK
Days of Ukraine in the UK were held in London during 17-19 October 2013. On the first day of the festival, the Chairman of Group DF Supervisory Council Dmitry Firtash and the Chairperson of FIRTASH Foundation Lada Firtash were given the honours to...
17 October 2013
Cambridge Makes Way for Taras Shevchenko
Today, the University is announcing that it has named a central avenue on the Sidgwick Site ‘Taras Shevchenko Way’. Today’s unveiling is connected with this week’s Days of Ukraine festival in London (17-19 October), which...
17 October 2013
Dmitry Firtash Opened Trading on London Stock Exchange
The London Stock Exchange was opened by the Ukrainian delegation headed by the businessman and philanthropist Dmitry Firtash. Today, the Chairman of the Group DF Supervisory Council Dmitry Firtash and his wife, the Chairperson of FIRTASH...
10 September 2013
The FIRTASH Foundation Launches Days of Ukraine in the UK
On 17-19 October, 2013, London will host an unprecedented event – The Days of Ukraine in the United Kingdom. This project is aimed to showcase European Ukraine to British residents. The Days of Ukraine in the UK will include a series of...
06 April 2013
Kvitka Cisyk’s Songs Are Timeless – Dmitry Firtash
On April 4, 2013 it would have been the 60th birthday of Kvitka Cisyk, the world-famous singer of Ukrainian origin. To mark the anniversary Inter TV channel made the documentary “Kvitka. Single copy voice”. Pre-opening night screening...
23 March 2013
Lviv Les Kurbas Academic Theatre Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary
President of the Federation of Employers of Ukraine, the Chairman of the Group DF Supervisory Council Mr. Dmitry Firtash congratulated Lviv Les Kurbas Academic Theatre, one of the most famous theaters in Ukraine, with the 25th anniversary...
15 January 2013
Dmitry Firtash Supports Folk Traditions
“Malanka is an extraordinary and colorful feast,” says Dmitry Firtash, the founder of the Firtash Foundation providing funding to the festival organization this year. “We do hope that this event will help preserve the Ukrainian...
06 September 2012
The 3rd International Poetic Festival MERIDIAN CZERNOWITZ Starts
The MERIDIAN CZERNOWITZ program includes a variety of literary readings, lectures, discussions, books presentations, poetic promenades, musical and poetic gatherings and wine-cigar-and-poetry nights
08 February 2012
Dmitry Firtash To Continue Financial Support To Theater, Philharmonics And Museum In Chernivtsi
Meeting with artistic staffs and culture activists of Chernivtsi region, Mr. Dmitry Firtash, President of the Federation of Employers of Ukraine and Head of the Board of Directors of Group DF, pledged that he will keep pursuing the financial...
07 November 2011
Dmitry Firtash Donates 500 Thousand Hryvnias For Chernivtsi Musical And Drama Theater Renovation
Mikhail Papiev, Governor of Chernivtsi region, handed the payment certificate with the value of 500 thousand UAH to the theater. The funds will be used to improve and renovate the material and technical resources of one of Ukraine’s oldest...
03 November 2011
Dmitry Firtash: Cambridge Ukrainian Studies Program Is Ukraine’s Unofficial Embassy At The World’s Best University
Cambridge University’s Ukrainian Studies Program has been attended by students from many countries of the world which attests to the high interest in Ukraine, said Mr. Dmitry Firtash, Head of the Board of Directors of Group DF in his...
17 October 2011
Dmitry Firtash Sponsors Chernivtsi Regional Museum
Mr. Dmitry Firtash, Head of the Joint Employers Movement of Ukraine and Head of the Board of Directors of Group DF has donated a charity endowment with an eye on restoration of Chernivtsi Museum of Fine Arts. The Governor of Chernivtsi region Mr....
15 October 2011
M. Kulish Kherson Regional Musical and Drama Theater Celebrates Its 75th Anniversary
By presenting a special entertainment program “The Diamond Ball”, Kherson Regional Musical and Drama Theater has celebrated its 75th anniversary. Financial support to organizing this event was provided by Mr. Dmitry Firtash
07 October 2011
Jazz-Flavored Extravaganza “Concert #70 From Stupka” Crowns the Celebration of Bohdan Stupka’s Jubilee at the Stage of I. Franko Theater
Concert #70 from Stupka” has become a colorful conclusion of the sequence of events celebrating the 70th anniversary of the outstanding Ukrainian actor Bohdan Stupka
29 September 2011
Screening of Films Starring Bohdan Stupka As Part of His 70-Year Jubilee Celebration in Kiev
The celebration of the 70th anniversary of Ukraine’s great actor Bohdan Stupka is on featuring retrospective and premiering films he stars in. The jubilee events are organized with support of Mr. Dmitry Firtash
02 September 2011
The 2nd International Poetry Festival Meridian Czernowitz starts in Chernivtsi
On September 2 – 4, the city of Chernivtsi is hosting the 2nd International Poetry Festival Meridian Czernowitz. Making this colorful event happen became to a large possible due to the sponsorship support provided by Mr. Dmitry Firtash
08 June 2011
The University Of Cambridge Reviews The Performance Of Its Ukrainian Studies Program In 2010-2011
The 2010/2011 academic year has been the most successful year of Cambridge Ukrainian Studies Program over its 3-year history. The financial support from Dmitry Firtash enabled the uninterrupted running of the Program