Ukrainian Theater and Cinematograph at the Beginning of the XX Century: Aspects of Interaction and Innovative Trends

The purpose of the work is to study the development process, the interaction of Ukrainian cinema and the theater of the XX century in the world entertainment genre context, identifying innovative trends characteristic of the historical conditions of the time. Methodology of the research is based on the use of empirical, theoretical, and structural-functional methods which aimed at accumulating factual material, observing the dynamics of development of genre diversity, identifying differences and similarities between objects, as well as analyzing the artistic works of screen and theater arts. Based on the analytical method of research, an analysis of historical conditions, literature, events, factors of influence on cinema and theater in the artistic space has been carried out. Scientific novelty of the article lies in the fact that in the course of film analysis, current trends and priorities for the development of Ukrainian cinema and the theater of the first half of the twentieth century were revealed. Conclusions. The crisis phenomena characteristic at the beginning of the 20th century (wars, revolutions and social conflicts) contributed to the creation of a society’s depressed state in Europe and determined the conditions for creating a new direction of artistic art - modernism. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Ukrainian theater and cinema received new features and aspects of interaction: an artist created a new subjective approach to the creative process, and on the basis of established traditions, innovative trends emerged in the methods of combining various components of time and space within a single screen reality. Modernism gave spectacular art genres additional opportunities: to effectively influence the consciousness of the viewer through new means of artistic thinking, reproducing the real surrounding world and the person’s world outlook, delving into his spiritual state and personal experiences.