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From the Ukrainian pavilion at Cannes Daily – www.ucf.org.ua

Friday, May 16, Ukrainian Pavilion was visited by Ukraine's First Lady Mrs. Kateryna Yushchenko. Besides UCF director Andriy Khalpakhchi and head of Nemiroff company she was welcomed here also by marketing director of Cannes Film Market Myriam Arab and director of Village International Rita Goegebeur. This day it was presentation of new cinema projects in (co-)production: "Dau" by Ilya Khrzhanovski, "Mykyta Kozhumyaka" by Mykhaylo Kostrov and "Dom s bashenkoy" by Eva Neymann.
Later at night Ukrainian Cinema Foundation with support of general partner Nemiroff company and together with Kyiv IFF Molodist have held the reception presentation in honor of Ukrainian cinema in restaurant Long Beach at the Croisette. Reception was opened by the First Lady of Ukraine and Head of supervisory council of International Charitable Fund "Ukraine 3000" Mrs. Kateryna Yushchenko, together with Director of Ukrainian Cinema Foundation Mr. Andriy Khalpakhchi. With more than 300 distinguished guests attenting the event has become one of the highlights of Cannes night life. Check the web site of the Ukrainian Cinema Foundation http://ucf.org.ua for press release and photos from the reception that will be available already today…