CINEMA OF UKRAINE IN THE POST-SOVIET PERIOD. STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT, CHARACTER AND FEATURES

Abstract

Cinema as a socio-cultural institution reflects the cultural and ideological trends in society and has a huge impact on the formation of people’s self-awareness. The history of cinema in Ukraine has more than 100 years. At one time, Soviet films produced by the A. Dovzhenko Film Studio and the Odessa Film Studio enjoyed All-Union popularity and often fell into the ranks of the leaders of the Soviet film distribution. The post-Soviet cinema of Ukraine represents a separate and special stage in the development of Ukrainian cinema. And the article is concerned with its consideration. It reveals periodization in its formation and development. It also shows that the process of manipulating the consciousness of Ukrainian society through the art cinematography began almost immediately after the collapse of the USSR. At the same time, given that it is impossible to determine the directions of development of modern Ukrainian cinema without knowing and taking into account the experience of its Soviet heritage, an attempt is made to briefly digress into the history of pre-revolutionary and Soviet cinema. One of the conclusions of the article is that the introduction and spread of nationalist ideology in post-Soviet Ukraine was actively going on, including with the help of cinema, which at the same time formed alienation and rejection of the Soviet past through its widespread discrediting. A number of films are given as a kind of reference points that reflect the phenomenon of post-Soviet Ukrainian cinema, accompanied by an analysis of the impact of their perception on the masses.