Ukrainian Film Academy and EU House of Europe continue cooperation with Netflix

The Ukrainian Film Academy and the House of Europe, a programme funded by the European Union, have once again teamed up with Netflix to support Ukrainian film and television professionals who continue to face the pressures of full-scale Russian aggression.

As the European diplomatic service reported on Thursday, Ukrainians will continue to be supported in their work, improve their skills and develop creative projects.

In particular, initiatives supported by the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity will offer financial support to Ukrainian artists in their work and the post-production of projects already in progress. In addition, the partnership will include two new partners – European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs (EAVE) and the New York Film Academy – which will provide additional access to training for hundreds of professionals in various positions in the industry.

According to the press release, last year these programmes supported 100 creative professionals with scholarships, over 400 with access to digital training and 48 two-person creative teams with grants for script development and online sessions with international industry experts. Of these projects, nine have already found foreign partners and co-producers, four have found international donor funding, and one won the Best Project award at the Series Mania co-pitching, “an unprecedented success for a Ukrainian project”. Other films have been selected for presentation at various film festivals around the world, including the Berlinale, the Gothenburg Film Festival and the WATCH DOCS International Film Festival.

To help develop the skills of Ukrainian film and television professionals and support their creative projects, the initiatives are offering a further 100 scholarships this year for creative professionals at all levels. Applications can be submitted via the House of Europe website until 18 April. In addition, a series of digital workshops for producers and line producers, prepared by the EAVE network of international experts, will provide a comprehensive understanding of all stages of the project life cycle from a co-production perspective, adapted to the Ukrainian AV industry. The call for applications will be published on the House of Europe website at the end of April for eligible Ukrainian authors.

Cutting-edge projects will also be supported by the Ukrainian Film Academy with post-production grants of $10,000 each for Ukrainian feature or documentary films and a two-day digital post-production workshop hosted by the New York Film Academy. More information on these parts of the initiative and the next steps, including applications, will be available later this year.

InterFax.Ukraine