Kondycja postradzieckiego kina ukraińskiego

• Authors: Jakub Kościółek

Title variants

EN

The condition of post-Soviet Ukrainian cinema

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The main research problem, which the author reconsiders in the article is the problem of the post-Soviet cinema state in Ukraine. It is briefly presented the history of the development of Ukrainian cinema in the Soviet period, with a particular focus on state policy, which limited the opportunities for the rise of a fully independent Ukrainian cinematography. Primarily author is interested how the regain of Ukraine’s independence influenced the deve¬lopment of cinema. Having analyzed major film productions in recent years author sees the development of several major film genres, which marks the return of the so-called folk cinematography, historical cinematography, movies focused on Cossacks heritage. These topics were almost completely absent during the period of Soviet hegemony, so their popularity in modern times is not surprising. It is a vital question whether it may be attractive to contemporary audiences, and whether the language of contemporary Ukrainian cinema could be understood by a wider, international audience. The key problem, which author reconsiders refers to government policy in relation to the cinema or in the wider perspective Ukrainian culture and law-making process that is inspired by Western film production financing patterns. The problem of ethnic and linguistic situation in Ukraine is also taken into considerations, as it has a significant impact on position of the movies screened or filmed in Ukrainian in relation to flooding the market with Russian or western movie productions that are screened in Russian.

Keywords

EN

the post-Soviet cinema; identity; Cossacks; folklore; poetry

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego
• Journal: Przegląd Wschodnioeuropejski
• Year: 2014
• Volume: V/2
• Pages: 111-120

Dates

published

2014

Contributors

author

Jakub Kościółek

• Uniwersytet Jagielloński

Identifiers

ISSN

2081-1128