Kinokolo 2024 – list of nominees for the award

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Seven National award of film critics “Kinokolo” announced the nominees for the 2024 award.

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The tape won the largest number of nominations “Honeymoon” Zhanna Ozirnaya has five of them. Movies are also among the leaders “Version” Roman Bondarchuk (4 nominations) and “Grey Bees” Dmytro Moiseeva (4 nominations).

This year, the awards will be presented in 11 nominations: will be selected for the first time best feature and short documentary films in two separate categories.

The winners will traditionally be announced at a ceremony on the opening day of the “Kyiv Critic’s Week” festival – October 17, 2024. The host of the ceremony will be a member of the Union of Film Critics of Ukraine Lyudmila Chirkova. For the third time, the award ceremony will be broadcast by “Social Culture”.

List of nominees for the “Kinocolo 2024” award:

The best feature film

The best direction

• Roman Bondarchuk (“Version”);
• Serhii Masloboyshchikov (“Yasa”);
• Dmytro Moiseyev (“Grey bees”);
• Maria Stoyanova (“Fragments of ice”).

The best actor

The best actress

The best screenplay of the film

Best Feature Documentary

• “Peaceful People”director Oksana Karpovych;
• “Real”directed by Oleg Sentsov;
• “Sentimental Journey to Planet Parajanov”directed by Taras Tomenko;
• “Fragments of Ice”directed by Maria Stoyanova.

Best Short Documentary

• “Explosions near the museum”directed by Roman Himei, Yarema Malashchuk;
• “Voices from Bakhmut”director and producer Ihor Babaev;
• “Under the sign of the anchor”directed by Taras Spivak;
• “Where Russia Ends”directed by Oleksiy Radynskyi.

Best Short Feature Film

• “Voices from Bakhmut”director and producer Ihor Babaev;
• “Additional Scenes”directed by Roman Himei, Yarema Malashchuk;
• “End of Story”director and producer Stanislav Bytyutky;
• “The Seventh Shift”director and producer Natalia Ilchuk;
• “Attention, good dog!”directed by Adelina Borets.

The best animated film

• “Bridge”director and producer Mykyta Lyskov;
• “The Saga of the Mermaid Cow”director and producer Sashko Danylenko;
• “Spooky Loops”director and producer Stas Santimov;
• “I died in Irpen”directed by Anastasia Falileyeva.

Opening of the year

• “Honeymoon”directed by Zhanna Ozirna;
• “Porcelain War”directed by Slava Leontiev, Brendan Bellomo;
• “Fragments of Ice”director Maria Stoyanova;
• “Nice Ladies”directed by Maria Ponomaryova.

For achievements

• Olga Birzulthe book “Your book about cinema”;
• Anthelm Widobook Ciné-Ukraine, histoire(s) d’indépendance / Cinema-Ukraine, history(s) of independence;
• Volodymyr Voytenkorestoration of the printed magazine of screen arts “KINO-KOLO”, 2024 1 (39) – Ukraine is on fire;
• Dovzhenko Center (curator group: Alyona Penziy, Oleksandr Telyuk, Stanislav Bytyutky), exhibition “The river screamed, howled like a wounded animal”.

About the “Kinokol” award

National award of film critics “Kinokolo” founded in 2018, awarded annually. Celebrates the achievements of Ukrainian cinematography and film industry figures over the past year on behalf of the community of film critics. The winners are determined by the National Film Critics Award Committee. It consists of 57 film critics and film experts who are members of FIPRESSI, and authors whose texts and analytical materials are published in the Ukrainian mass media.

In previous years, the best films of “Kinokola” were “Pamfir” by Dmytro Suholytky-Sobchuk, “Stop Earth” by Kateryna Gornostay, “Atlantida” by Valentin Vasyanovich, “Home” by Nariman Aliyev.