Yushchenko Entrusted Cabinet To Make Movies Ukrainian

The Government is due to perform a comprehensive analysis of the implementation of the Decree, in particular: 300% increase of the financing for the national filmmaking in the current year to push up the presence of the national films in the informational space; intensify the problems resolving related to dubbing, voiceover, subtitling and replication of film copies including the dubbing reimbursements and finishing the national “Dolby” dubbing facilities, full-cycle and DI film labs; VAT release for the national movies tickets as well as for the Ukrainian-dubbed foreign films; dubbing expenses reimbursements for highly artistic, experimental foreign films with the limited circulation (art-house cinema).

Mr. Yuschenko, the president of Ukraine, sent a letter to Mrs. Timoshenko, the Premier of Ukraine. According to the President’s press-service, the President noticed in his letter that the gov’t should implement the conclusive decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine concerning distribution of the foreign-made films and organization of due conditions for dubbing, voicing and subtitling of movies with the state language. In particular, he noticed that still there are some unsettled problems in the national filmmaking industry restricting both, the development of the sector and functioning of the Ukrainian language in the film distribution.

Amongst the cardinal problems the head of state named: the extremely low number of domestic films in the informational space caused by budgetary under-financing of the production and distribution of the national movies; lack of protectionism while their production and distribution; inaccessibility of national movies by Ukrainian viewers in the district centers and the countryside because of lack of cinemas and incompatibility of the existing equipment to the modern needs of film production and cinema showing.

The President’s decree No 868/2007 “On Domestic cinematography development assistance measures” was issued on Sept. 13, 2007 called to solve the above-mentioned problems and create the proper conditions for development of domestic filmmaking; restoration of its social and spiritual spheres and preservation of national identity, and to ensure the effectiveness of state protectionism policy in respect of domestic film industry.

Taking into account the above-stated the Government is due to perform a comprehensive analysis of the implementation of the Decree, in particular: 300% increase of the financing for the national filmmaking in the current year to push up the presence of the national films in the informational space; intensify the problems resolving related to dubbing, voiceover, subtitling and replication of film copies including the dubbing reimbursements and finishing the national “Dolby” dubbing facilities, full-cycle and DI film labs; VAT release for the national movies tickets as well as for the Ukrainian-dubbed foreign films; dubbing expenses reimbursements for highly artistic, experimental foreign films with the limited circulation (art-house cinema).

Note: on Dec. 24, 2007 the Constitutional Court of Ukraine issued the official interpretation for statement of Art. 14 of the Law of Ukraine ‘On cinematography”.

According to: RBK-Ukraine