Kievnauchfilm
The Kievnauchfilm or KyivNaukFilm, and sometimes translated as Kyiv Science Film, was a film studio in the Soviet Union located in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR and Ukraine. Although it was created in 1941 to produce popular science films, it eventually became best known for its animated films, and remained active in Ukrainian animation for decades.
Description
Its main task was production of popular science films and documentaries covering a broad range of topics. In 1959, Kievnauchfilm, under Hippolyte Lazarchuk expanded into animation. In addition, it released 342 animated films, a large number of which are still popular today, such as a series about Zaporozhian Cossacks called [Cossacks (cartoon series)|Cossacks (cartoon series)|Cossacks], Adventures of Captain Wrongel series, Doctor Aybolit, and a version of Treasure Island. The studio's films received numerous awards at international and national film festivals, such as the World Festival of Animated Film in Zagreb for Iryna Hurvych's How Women Sold Men and the Animated Film Festival in New York.Film director Felix Sobolev and studio Editor-in-Chief Yevheniy Zahdanskyi are considered to be trailblazers and figures of major influence in the documentary field in the former Soviet Union. By 1966 the studio released over 400 films annually.
In 1993 Kievnauchfilm produced Unknown Ukraine: Sketches of Our History, a series of 104 films presenting a comprehensive history of Ukraine.
In 1993 Kievnauchfilm was split into National Cinematheque of Ukraine and Ukranimafilm.
Reorganization
On March 29, 2019, in accordance with the order of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine No. 256 "On the Reorganization of the State Enterprise "Ukrainian Animation Film Studio", the film studio "Ukranimafilm" was merged with the "Dovzhenko-Center," which became its legal successor.Filmography
Animation
- Adventures of Pepper
- Cossacks series, director Volodymyr Dakhno.
- *How the Cossacks cooked Kulish
- *How the Cossacks played football
- *How the Cossacks rescued the brides
- *How the Cossacks bought the salt
- *How the Cossacks became the Olympians
- *How the Cossacks helped the Musketeers
- *How the Cossacks enjoyed the wedding
- *How the Cossacks met the aliens
- *How the Cossacks played hockey
- Mykyta the Tanner, directed by Nina Vasylenko, cinematography by Anatoliy Havrylov.
- Ivasyk-Telesyk, puppet animation directed by Leonid Zarubin and written by Yukhym Chepovetskyi,
- Adventures of the Cossack Aeneas
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles - adaptation of H. G. Wells' "The Man Who Could Work Miracles", director Yefrem Pruzhanskyy,
- Kotyhoroshko
- How the Hedgehog and the Bear Celebrated the New Year
- How the bear was fed
- Musical tales
- Adventures of Captain Wrongel series, director David Cherkassky
- Adventures of Vakula the Smith
- First Whinter
- Golden-horned Deer
- How the table was carried
- Kapitoshka - Water Bubble
- Once Upon a Time There Were Matrioshkas
- Alice in Wonderland
- Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
- How the First Letter Was Written
- The Meeting
- Doctor Aybolit , director David Cherkassky
- Srazhenie
- Treasure Island, director David Cherkassky
- Ivasyk-Telesyk cartoon animation directed and written by Alla Hrachova,
- Cat and Rooster - Ukrainian folk tale Cat and Rooster adaptation, Kievnauchfilm/ Ukranimafilm, written and directed by Alla Hrachova.
- The Tree Pans series
- *The Tree Pans
- *Three Pans Are Housekeeping
- *Three Pans at the Fair
Popular science / documentaries
- The Blown up Dawn, Взорванный рассвет, 1965, director Felix Sobolev
- Animals' Language, Язык животных, 1967, director Felix Sobolev
- Seven Steps beyond Horizon, Семь шагов за горизонт, 1968, director Felix Sobolev
- Can Animals Think? Думают ли животные? 1970, director Felix Sobolev
- Myself and Others, Я и другие, 1971, director Felix Sobolev
- Indian yogis. Who are they? Индийские йоги — кто они? 1970, director Almar Serebryanikov
- Echo of our Emotions, Луна наших эмоций
- People and Dolphins, Люди и дельфины, director Volodymyr Khmelnytskyi
- Vavilov's Star, Звезда Вавилова, 1984, director Anatoliy Borsuk, screenwriter Serhiy Dyachenko
- Экспертиза одной сенсации, 1985,, director Lev Vdovenko
- A Footprint, Отпечаток, 1985, director Anatoliy Borsuk
- A Man from 6am through Midnight, Человек с шести до полуночи, 1987,, director Andrei Zagdansky
- Interpretation of Dreams, Толкование сновидений, 1989, director Andrei Zagdansky
- Rauol Valenberg's Mission, Миссия Рауля Валенберга, 1990, director Alexander Rodnyansky