Seventh National Award of Film Critics “Kinocolo” announced the list of nominees for 2024, which will celebrate the best achievements of Ukrainian cinematography.
The leader in the number of nominations was the film “Honeymoon” directed by Zhanna Ozirnaya, which claims to win in five categories. It is followed by the films “Editorial” by Roman Bondarchuk and “Grey bees” by Dmytro Moiseev, each of which is presented in four nominations.
This year, for the first time, the award divided the nominations into the best feature-length and short-length documentary films, which allows for a wider coverage of various aspects of Ukrainian cinema. In total, awards will be presented in 11 categories.
Traditionally, the winners will be announced at the opening ceremony of the “Kyiv Criticism Week” festival, which will take place on October 17, 2024. Lyudmila Chirkova, a member of the Union of Film Critics of Ukraine, will host the event. For the third year in a row, the ceremony will be broadcast by “Suspilne Kultura”.
Full list of “Kinokol 2024” nominees:
Best Feature Film:
- “Honeymoon”, dir. Zhanna Ozirna, producer Dmytro Sukhanov
- “Editorial”, dir. Roman Bondarchuk, producers Daria Bassel, Daria Averchenko
- “Grey bees”, dir. Dmytro Moiseev, producer Ivanna Dyadyura
- “Lessons of Tolerance”, dir. Arkady Nepytalyuk, producer Serhii Lavreniuk
Best Director:
- Roman Bondarchuk (“Editorial Office”)
- Serhiy Masloboyshchikov (“Yasa”)
- Dmytro Moiseev (“Grey bees”)
- Maria Stoyanova (“Fragments of Ice”)
Best Actor:
- Viktor Zhdanov (“Grey Bees”)
- Roman Lutskyi (“Honeymoon”)
- Volodymyr Yamnenko (“Grey bees”)
- Oleksandr Yarema (“Lessons of Tolerance”)
Best Actress:
- Iryna Nirsha (“Honeymoon”)
- Zhanna Ozirna (“Editorial Office”)
- Alla Serhiyko (“Yasa”)
- Olena Uzlyuk (“Lessons of Tolerance”)
Best case scenario:
- Dmytro Moiseev (“Grey bees”)
- Arkady Nepytalyuk, Lyudmila Tymoshenko (“Lessons of Tolerance”)
- Zhanna Ozirna (“Honeymoon”)
- Alla Tyutyunnyk, Roman Bondarchuk, Darya Averchenko (“Editorial Office”)
Best Feature Documentary Film:
- “Peaceful People”, dir. Oksana Karpovych
- “Real”, dir. Oleg Sentsov
- “Sentimental Journey to Planet Parajanov”, dir. Taras Tomenko
- “Fragments of Ice”, dir. Maria Stoyanova
Best Short Documentary:
- “Explosions near the museum”, dir. Roman Himei, Yarema Malashchuk
- “Voices from Bakhmut”, dir. Igor Babaev
- “Under the sign of the anchor”, dir. Taras Spivak
- “Where Russia Ends”, dir. Oleksiy Radinsky
Best Short Feature Film:
- “Voices from Bakhmut”, dir. Igor Babaev
- “Additional scenes”, dir. Roman Himei, Yarema Malashchuk
- “The End of History”, dir. Stanislav Bytyutkyi
- “The Seventh Shift”, dir. Natalia Ilchuk
- “Attention, good dog!”, dir. Adelina Borets
Best Animated Film:
- “The Bridge”, dir. Nikita Lyskov
- “The Saga of the Mermaid Cow”, dir. Sashko Danylenko
- “Spooky Loops”, dir. Stas Santimov
- “I died in Irpen”, dir. Anastasia Falileeva
Opening of the year:
- “Honeymoon”, dir. Zhanna Ozirna
- “Porcelain War”, dir. Slava Leontiev, Brendan Bellomo
- “Fragments of Ice”, dir. Maria Stoyanova
- “Nice Ladies”, dir. Maria Ponomaryova
For achievements:
- Olga Birzul, book “Your book about cinema”
- Anthelm Vido, book Ciné-Ukraine, histoire(s) d’indépendance / Cinema-Ukraine, history(s) of independence
- Volodymyr Voytenko, restoration of the “KINO-KOLO” magazine, 2024 1 (39) — Ukraine is on fire
- Dovzhenko Center (curator group: Alyona Penziy, Oleksandr Telyuk, Stanislav Bytyutky), exhibition “The river screamed, howled like a wounded animal”
About the “Kinokol” award
The National Award of Film Critics “Kinokol” was founded in 2018 and annually recognizes achievements in Ukrainian cinema. The winners are determined by the Committee of the National Award of Film Critics, which includes 57 film critics and film experts who are members of FIPRESCI, as well as authors whose publications are covered in the domestic mass media.
