4 films post-produced at Kinotur company (Kinotur Digital Intermediate Lab) have been selected in the competition program of the Odessa International Film Festival 2012, they are a feature film «Ordinary case» directed by Valentyn Vasyanovych, which will takepart in the International Program, feature film «Firecrosser» directed by Mykhailo Illyenko, short feature films «A yellow flower for Monsieur Bourillon» and «No GMO» (a film from movie almanac «Ukraine, goodbye!») directed by Larissa Artyugina.
During the selection process OIFF selective commission has watched more than 300 applications in the international program and about 90 films in Ukrainian program.
In the International Competition Program Ukraine is represented by the famous documentary «Business as usual» directed by Valentyn Vasyanovych. OIFF movie demonstration will be a world premiere of the film.
This year the winner of Grand Prix (Golden Duke statuette) will be defined via audience voting. International Jury will award prizes in the following categories: Best Film, Best Director and Best Acting. This year, the head of jury is a well-known film critic, honorary president of FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film press) Andrey Plakhov (Russia). Among the jury members there are German actor Alexander Fehling («Inglourious Basterds», «Goethe!»), French-Israeli filmmaker Michale Boganim («Odessa… Odessa!», «Land of Oblivion»), general director of Molodist IFF Andrey Khalpakhchi (Ukraine) and English film director, screenwriter, and BAFTA winner Shane Meadows.
Ukrainian National Competition Program includes 18 films, among them full-length feature films (fiction, documentary) and short films produced in Ukraine in last 1,5 years. The Grand Prix winner of the Festival will be defined via audience voting. The director of the best Ukrainian film will get a Golden Duke statuette for Best Ukrainian Film and 50,000 hryvnias money award. Among jury of Ukrainian National Competition there are Managing Director in charge of Film Funding at the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH Kirsten Niehuus; Ukrainian director Andrey Donchik; well-known European film critic and the largest Western expert on Ukrainian cinema Lubomyr Hosejko; French producer and distributor of Laurent Daniélou.
The Festival will take place in Odessa from 13 to 21 July, 2012.
Kinotur company performed the full-range of post-production services of a film «Ordinary case» (directed by Valentyn Vasyanovych) produced by «Garmata film» company and commissioned by the State Film Agency of Ukraine.
Film scanning, color grading, finishing, mastering and DCP mastering of the film was performed by Kinotur Lab.
In 2011 Kinotur Digital Intermediate Lab completed color grading, finishing, mastering and DCP mastering of a film «Firecrosser»(directed by Mykhailo Illyenko) produced by Insightmedia Producing Center commissioned by the State Film Agency of Ukraine.
Also Kinotur company performed color grading, finishing, mastering and DCP mastering of a film «No GMO» (directed by Larissa Artyugina) on request of «Arthouse traffic» LLC and DCP mastering of a film «A yellow flower for Monsieur Bourillon» (directed by Larissa Artyugina).
