The Ukraine National Film Agency is unable to fund new projects after the country’s conflict with Russia monopolised resourcesThe Ukrainian film industry is in crisis after a national funding agency exhausted its resources in the wake of the country’s conflict with Russia.Kiev reduced the Ukraine National Film Agency budget last year as part of austerity measures designed to rebalance the books during a time of struggle. The organisation now finds itself unable to fund new projects, according to the Ukrainian online newspaper Gazeta.ua. Among film-makers affected are Miroslav Slaboshpitsky, whose film Plemya (The Tribe) won the 2014 Cannes critics week …read more
Source: The Guardian
