The non-competition section of the festival traditionally presents a number of programs, which acquaint the audience with the best achievements of the newest national and world cinematographic art. But along with the last achievements in the field of cinematography, the non-competition program also includes retrospective shows of leading masters of world cinema (producers, actors, scriptwriters), of the largest cinema schools of the world and international film festivals. The main aim of the program is to honor the creative works of world masters of cinematography and to acquaint the Ukrainian audience with classic standards of the cinematographic art.
Up to now, the non-competition program “Retrospectives” has honored many prominent figures of the cinematographic art: in 1993 and 1996 within the framework of the non-competition program films of brothers Kaurismaki were screened. In 1994 the retrospective show of the prominent Swedish scriptwriter and producer Ingmar Bergman, the prize-winner of numerous famous international film festivals was organized. In this year the retrospective show of films of one of the most outstanding English producers Derek Dzharmen took place. In 1999 films of Sergey Paradzhanov and Alfred Hitchcok were screened. The year of 2000 was marked by the retrospective show of one of masters of the “author cinema”, multi-winner ICF in Cannes Rober Breson. In 2001 the retrospective show of the Italian producer Ettore Scola was organized. In 2003 the retrospective view of films with participation of Sophie Loren was held. The non-competition program of 2004 included the retrospective show of documentary films of Ezhi Gofman and retrospective films with participation of Jean Gaben. In 2005 the photo exhibition and screening of films of Werner Herzog and short retrospective show of works of Margarethe Von Trotta. Screening of films of the Italian theater and cinema producer Lucino Visconti took place last year.
During the history of its work the non-competition program of the “Retrospectives” presented a number of films of well-known world cinema schools and film festivals: 1993 - retrospective shows of the ICF “Krok”, next year retrospective shows of the Belgian animation school “Atelier la Cambrai” and ICF in Oberhauzen; 1996 – the retrospective show of the Jerusalem cinema school, 1997 – the retrospective show of the ICF of the documentary cinema in Nion; retrospective show of films of the HSIC and schools of arts Tish of the New York University took place in 1998; 1999 – screening of works of the Budapest Cinema Academy; 2001 – the retrospective show of films of the Art and Design University in Helsinki; in 2002 the program of the cinema school NATFIZ (Sofia) was presented at the festival; 2003 - retrospective show of the national cinema school (Rome), in 2006 screening of the program of the cinema school “Louis Lumiere” and the program of the Potsdam Cinema School Konrad Wolf was held.
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