Ukrainian Film Academy

The Ukrainian Film Academy (), is a Ukrainian association of experts and professionals in the field of cinema and film production, founded in 2017 to support and develop modern Ukrainian cinema. Since 2017, the Ukrainian Film Academy has been holding the prestigious "Golden Dzyga Film Awards" annual event.
Founders.
The initiator, creator, and manager of the academy and its award was the Odesa International Film Festival. In 2017, during the creation of the Film Academy, all leading positions of the Film Academy were taken by OIFF managers: Anna Machukh, Director of the OIFF Film Market, became the Executive Director of the Ukrainian Film Academy, OIFF PR Director Kateryna Zvezdina became the PR Director, OIFF Viktoriya Tigipko - Chairman of the main governing body of the Film Academy - the Supervisory Board. Since 2018, the PR director of the film academy is the PR director of the OIFF - Tetyana Vlasova, and since 2019 the coordinator of the film academy - Yaroslava Kiyashko.
History.
"It's time for our country to have its own Oscar. The industry is reviving, we want to promote our actors, directors, producers - everyone who works in this complex field. It is important to draw public attention to this event." Viktoriya Tigipko, President of the Ukrainian Film Academy and the Odesa International Film Festival
The Ukrainian Film Academy was established as a non-profit public organization on February 8, 2017, which was announced on February 20 of the same year at a press conference held by the founders, sponsors, and partners of the Film Academy on the occasion of the First National Film Award. The establishment of the Film Academy was initiated by the Odesa International Film Festival with the support of the State Agency of Ukraine for Cinematography and the Joint Stock Company "TASKOMBANK." Anna Machukh, has been appointed Executive Director of the Ukrainian Film Academy and the National Film Award. On April 20, the awards ceremony of the First National Film Award "Golden Dzyga" was held.
Purpose and activities.
The Ukrainian film academy was created with the aim of popularizing Ukrainian cinema in Ukraine and abroad, and providing comprehensive support for the development of national cinema by:
Membership in the film academy.
Membership in the film academy, according to its charter, is based on the principle of voluntariness and is individual. The academy can include anyone who meets the requirements of one of three categories:
Applications for membership in the film academy were accepted from February 20 to March 19, 2017. According to the results, out of 343 applications, 242 Ukrainian filmmakers received the status of a member of the Ukrainian film academy. The second acceptance of applications for membership in the film academy lasted from April 27, 2017, to January 15, 2018.
As of 2019, the Academy consists of 355 Ukrainian film professionals.
Film Academy management bodies.
The advisory body of the film academy is the Management Board, which consists of 15 members, 12 of whom are elected by the general meeting of the film academy and three are appointed by the Supervisory Board of the film academy. The board of the Ukrainian National Film Academy is headed by the chairman of the management board, who is elected by the decision of the management board from among the approved members of the management board. The first chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian film academy in early April 2017 was the famous Ukrainian film director and actor Mikhailo Illienko, who held this position until November 2018. Currently, the chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian film academy is Ukrainian film critic Volodymyr Voitenko.
Board of the Ukrainian film academy.
Composition of the Board of the Ukrainian film academy (from October 2018):
Film Academy logo.
The concept of the logo of the Ukrainian Film Academy was developed by the marketing team "Quadrate 28." When developing the logo, it was based on the image of the symbol of the film academy - the "Golden Dzyga," embodied by the famous Ukrainian artist Nazar Bilyk.