Odessa Film Studio (Ukrainian: Одеська кіностудія художніх фільмів) is the first film studio established in Ukraine (Odessa). It is partially owned by a government and supervised by the Department of State property fund of Ukraine together with the Ministry of Culture. Together with Dovzhenko Film Studios they are the only state-owned and major film producers in the country. The studio is located at Frantsuzky bulvar 33 (33 French Boulevard), Odessa, Ukraine. In a close vicinity to it is located a smaller film studio House of Mask.
History and reorganization
It was founded on May 23, 1919 by the decision of the Odessa Governorate Executive Committee out of the remnants of cinema studios of Grossman, Kharitonov, and Borisov. This date was the day of birth of the first in the country state film studio. At first she was listed as "Political film section of political department and of 41st Division of the Red Army", and the first filmed here feature film was the film "Spiders and flies." The original studios went into decline after the Russian Civil War and the Ukrainian War of Independence as their owners emigrated running from political prosecutions. The Grossman's film studio "Myrograph" existed in Odessa since 1907 and was the oldest one recorded in Ukraine.
In 1922 was "film sektion" reorganized into Odessa Film Factory of All-Ukrainian Photo Cinema Administration (VUFKU). The Odesa film studio, which was VUFKU’s main production facility, underwent extensive renovations. The studio purchased its new modern equipment in the West allowing the studio to shoot, light and process the film stock using state-of-the-art technology. In 1926 Vyacheslav Levandovskyi and Deviatkin created an animation studio of VUFKU.
In 1930 VUFKU was reorganized into "Ukrainafilm" of "Soyuzkino" (Union-cinema).
In 2005 was Odessa film studio reorganized to Close Joint Stock Company (the government owns the majority of shares).
The studio is located in the downtown right near the shore of Black Sea covering some 7 hectares (17 acres) and consisting of three pavilions of 600 square metres (6,500 sq ft), 432 square metres (4,650 sq ft), and 240 square metres (2,600 sq ft). Inside the studio's building is located another film studio, Vira Kholodna Film Studio and the Odessa Film School. The Odessa Film Studio has its own movie theater, U-Cinema, which is also located in the same building.
On the territory of the studio there is a Museum of the Cinema, in which you can find out about many interesting facts on the history of the cinema. Here you can find historic materials, from the invention of cinema, to the postmodern, digital and avant garde.
1926 Ягідка кохання / Love's Berries, directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko (silent film)
1926 Вася – реформатор / Vasia the Reformer, directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko (silent film)
1926 Тарас Трясило / Taras Triasylo, directed by Petro Chardynin (silent film)
1926 Тарас Шевченко / Taras Shevchenko, directed by Petro Chardynin (silent film)
1927 Сумка дипкур'єра / The Diplomatic Pouch, directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko (silent film)
1928 Арсенал / Arsenal, directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko (silent film)
1928 Звенигора / Zvenyhora, directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko (silent film)
1936 Назар Стодоля / Nazar Stodolia, directed by Heorhiy Tasin
1941 Таємничий острів / Mysterious Island, directed by Eduard Pentslin
1967 Короткі зустрічі / Brief Encounters, directed by Kira Muratova
1978 Д'Артаньян та три мушкетери / D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers, directed by Heorhiy Yungvald-Khilkevych
1979 Пригоди Електроніка / The Adventures of the Elektronic, directed by Kostiantyn Bromberg
1979 Місце зустрічі змінити не можна / The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed, directed by Stanislav Hovorukhin
1982 Трест, що луснув / The Trust That Has Burst, directed by Oleksandr Pavlovskyi
1982 Чарівники / Wizards, directed by Kostiantyn Bromberg
1983 Серед сірих каменів / Among Grey Stones, directed by Kira Muratova
1983 Військово-польовий роман / Wartime Romance, directed by Petro Todorovskyi
1983 Колесо історії / Wheel of History, directed by Stanislav Klymenko
1986 У пошуках капітана Гранта / In search of Captain Grant, , directed by Stanislav Hovorukhin
1987 Данило — князь Галицький / Danylo — Kniaz of Halychyna, directed by Yaroslav Lupiy
1989 Астенічний синдром / The Asthenic Syndrome, directed by Kira Muratova
1991 Чудо в краю забуття / Miracle in the Land of Oblivion, directed by Natalia Motuzko
1999 Як коваль щастя шукав / How the Blacksmith Looked for Happiness, directed by Radomyr Vasylevsky
2001 На Полі Крові / Akeldama, directed by Yaroslav Lupiy
2007 Біля річки / At the River, directed by Eva Neymann
1919-1925
Myron Grossman (1908-1918) (considered a founder of Odessa cinematography)
Pyotr Chardynin (1923-1932)
Les Kurbas (1922-1925)
Georgiy Tasin, the first studio director in 1922
1926-1936
Aleksandr Dovzhenko
Isaak Babel
1936-1954
Vladimir Braun
Amvrosiy Buchma
1955-1965
Kira Muratova and Oleksandr Muratov
Vadym Kostromenko, currently the director of the museum
Vadym Avloshenko
Pyotr Todorovsky
1966-1996
Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich
Stanislav Govorukhin
Aleksandr Pavlovsky
Natalya Zbandut (Medyuk)
Mykhailo Kats
1919-1925
Vera Kholodnaya (1914-1919) (featured in 35 films)
Daria Zerkalova
1926-1936
Natalya Uzhviy
Matviy Lyarov
1966-1996
Vladimir Vysotsky
Samvel Gasparov
