FILM BUSINESS IN UKRAINE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: UKRAINE ON THE VERGE OF A NEW ERA IN FILM MARKET DEVELOPMENT

  April 23, President Hotel (Kyiv) hosted the Film Business in Ukraine Third International Conference, the only professional film forum in Ukraine.  Thу event was as usually organized by Media Resources Management. As the organizers of this event,  we can safely say that the conference has become a must-attend event for all professionals of the film industry (especially Ukrainian). This is evidenced by the list of the conference participants, comprised of the representatives of all key players of Ukraine’s film market, many of which have been attending it for the third consecutive year.

  A full day of intense work at the conference has resulted in a definitive list of major trends and urgent topics of today’s film market. Firstly, the industry is on the verge of structural changes connected with the development of digital film demonstration technologies. Secondly, state support was subject of an unprecedented lively discussion not only by Ukrainian participants but also foreign guest speakers (in particular from Russia. The industry is recovering from the crisis, and the new times ahead signal new demands for running the business.

  The Third conference was attended by over 110 participants from Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus. Unfortunately, due to the transportation force majeure, caused by the Icelandic volcano eruption,a number of guests from the Old World were prevented from attending the conference. The event was covered by 23 media outlets, including Expert, Business, Kommersant, Ekonomicheskiye izvestiya, TV channels Inter, 1+1, Pervy Delovoy. Among the speakers, traditionally, were top managers of the leading international film companies.