Members of the #ucancoproduce 2021 commission: Anna Newallo (Ontario Creates, Canada),
Kim Roberts (Sepia Films, Canada),
Natasha Semone Vassell (Diva Film Productions, Canada),
Manuel Badel (Badel Media, platform Platz.co, Canada),
Lola Barreto (platform Platz.co, Columbia, Canada),
Kateryna Vyshnevska (FILM.UA Group, Ukraine),
Olena Golubeva (UNIMA, Chervoniy Sobaka Studio, Ukraine),
Iryna Chernyak (MGU, TV Channel 'Ukraine', Ukraine),
Natalia Stribuk (TV Channel 'Ukraine', Ukraine),
Serhiy Lavrenyuk (Solar Media Entertainment, Ukraine),
Olena Kanishevska (TV Channel 'Ukraine', Ukraine),
Maksym Asadchyi (Pronto Film, Ukraine),
Lyudmyla Semchuk (TV Channel STB, Ukraine),
Anastasia Shteinhauz (TV Channel ICTV, Ukraine),
Alex Shiriaieff (Baltic to Black Sea Documentary Network, Ukraine, Sweden),
Anastasia Verlinska (LINOLEUM Animation and Media Art Festival, Ukraine),
Anna Volkova (Ukrainian Motion Picture Association, Ukraine),
Alla Prelovska (Media Resources Management, Ukraine).
The organizers are grateful to the experts for their hard work, as they processed 292 applications and selected 25 projects from both countries! The evaluation criteria were: concept/idea of the project; the international potential of the project; potential to attract financing in expert's country from donors, state institutions, or private sector
The projects submitted by the producers involved in the commission were not evaluated by them.
Projects to be presented at the #ucancoproduce pitching (project name/ applicant/ country) : - 99 Red Balloons, Petro Duszara, Canada
- Babulia, Laurent Allaire, Canada
- Barvinok, Sheiny Satanove, Canada
- Juliet's Answer, Warren Sulatycky, Canada
- Les amants maudits of Spirit Lake. (The Violin of the Spirit Lake), David Larose, Canada
- Local Heroes, Maria Kennedy, Canada
- Roots, Taya Rtichsheva, Canada
- Sikorsky, Rosanne Milliken, Canada
- Storms Are Whispering, Giacomo Nudi, Canada
- The Apartment in Lviv, Taras Lavren, Canada
- The Boy In the Woods, Robert Budreau, Canada
- Triche, Marc Boily, Canada
- And I No Longer Wonder How You Are, Lyuba Knorozok, Ukraine
- Hrafn Academy, Iryna Kostyuk, Kateryna Vyshnevska, Ukraine
- KILL THE BRIDE, Halyna Khrapko, Ukraine
- Molfar's Mission, Volodymyr Kozyr, Ukraine
- Roxelana, Iryna Kostyuk, Ukraine
- Shchedryk ("Story of Carol of the Bells"), Akim Galimov, Ukraine
- Shut the fuck up, Olga Beskhmelnytsina, Ukraine
- SUMMIT, Anna Smoliy, Ukraine
- The Dreamer, Annamaria Indrikson, Ukraine
- The Last Experiment by USSR, Olesya Lukyanenko, Ukraine
- UKE 2.0 (Uke Documentary sequel), Volodymyr Mula, Ukraine
- VACUUM, Aleksandra Kostina, Ukraine
- Yakiv, Maksym Asadchyi, Ukraine
Projects that have been selected for #ucancoproduce, but have not been qualified for the pitching, will be published in the online catalog on November 17. All members of the #ucancoproduce community will have access to the catalog and will be able to contact the authors directly if necessary.
All registered producers will receive an invitation to the pitching and a registration form for the online meetings by email.
Register at the link to receive access for the events.
On November 22, producers will e-meet with potential partners and discuss opportunities for further collaboration.
We remind you that the day before the pitching, on November 16 at 17:00 Kyiv time (10:00 EST), a discussion panel
"Canada & Ukraine: coproduction opportunities for audiovisual content producers" will take place. At the event, you will learn about the state support systems of Ukraine and Canada, and the mechanisms of the
Canada-Ukraine Audiovisual Co-Production Treaty.
Learn more.
Initiators of The 2nd CoProduction Conference –
Ukrainian Motion Picture Association and the
Embassy of Canada to Ukraine.
The project is implemented with the support of the
Ukrainian State Film Agency,
Canadian Media Producers Association,
Telefilm Canada, the
Department of Canadian Heritage.
Organizer –
Media Resources Management (MRM).