Volodymyr Voitenko
Born on November 19, 1959 in Pishchiv, Ukraine.
A film scholar, film critic, editor, and screenwriter.
Graduated from Karpenko-Kary Kyiv State Institute of Theatrical Arts (1990) where he later taught (1992-1996).
Departments manager of Novyvy kinoekrana magazine (1989-1993).
Editor-in-chief of the magazines Kino (1997-1998), KINO-KOLO (1997-2008), and CINEMA (2006-2007). Currently, he is working on relaunching KINO-KOLO magazine.
A jury member and selector at a number of film festivals; member of the expert commissions of the State Film Agency of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation, and the Ukrainian Oscar Committee.
A member of the jury and curator of the Coronation of the Word screenplays competition for over 20 years. The head and editor-in-chief of the web-projects Screenplay Workshop and KINO-KOLO.
Host and creator of the TV program Argument-Kino (1999-2018, 1+1).
Host of the film news on Radio Promin (1992-1999) and Hromadske Radio (2003-2004).
Editor-in-chief of the KINO-KOLO festival newspaper (2003-2007), the book publishing house KINO-KOLO/biblio (2005-2008) and the English-language electronic digest of Ukrainian film news KINO-KOLOdigest (2006-2007).
Member of the Filmmakers’ National Union of Ukraine (since 2009). Secretary of the Board of the Union for information policy (2013-2016). Member of the Board of the Union.
Analyst and editor of websites for the film projects Mudaky. Arabesky and Goodbye, Ukraine! (2009-2012). Editor of the Babylon'13 Film Initiative. Chairman of the Public Council of the Babylon'13 NGO.
Member of the Board of the State Film Agency of Ukraine (2015-2016). Member of the Public Council at the State Film Agency of Ukraine.
Program director of the KinoBouquet festival.
Member of Shevchenko National Prize Committee (2019-2023) and Dovzhenko State Prize Committee.
Chairman of the Board of the Film Critics Union of Ukraine (2018-2023) and member of the Board of the Ukrainian Film Academy.
Bibliography
Writer of the film scripts The Violator (Porushnyk, 1988, directed by Olena Demyanenko ) and On the Eve (Naperedodni, 1990, directed by Paata Milorava ). Co-writer, together with Vadym Kastelli, of the script of the feature-length fiction film "He Goes" (Vin ide, 1998), based on the story of the same name and other works by Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi.
Editor and author of the foreword to the monographic History of Ukrainian Cinema (2005) by Liubomyr Hoseiko, the intelligence analysis The Best Picture. A Review of British Film Policy (Krashcha kartyna. Ohliad brytanskoyi kinopolityky, 2006), and Screenplays: The Coronation of the Word (Kinostsenariyi: "Koronatsiya slova," 2006). Editor of the books Movie Novels: Ukrainian Writers about Their Favorite Films (Kinoromany: ukrayinski pysmennyky pro uliubleni filmy, 2006), and Romance with Balayan (Roman z Balayanom) by Zinayida Furmanova (2007). Co-complier and editor of the analytical historical publication A Horror Film (Film zhakhiv / Horor, 2008). All published by KINO-KOLO/biblio Publishing House.
Editor of the books and screenplays Abyss (Bezodnia, 2016) and Maybe Tomorrow (Mozhlyvo, zavtra, 2019) by Marysia Nikitiuk.
Editor of film projects Assholes. Arabesques (Mudaky. Arabesky), Goodbye, Ukraine! (Ukrayino, goodbye!), and Babylon'13 (2009-2012).
Author of the Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (Entsyklopediya suchasnoyi Ukrayiny, 2001-2023) and The Great Ukrainian Encyclopedia (Velyka ukrayinska entsyklopediya, since 2016).
Artistic director of the short feature film debuts: Commemoration (Pomyn, 2012) by Iryna Tsylyk, this year's laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Award, Alcoholic (Alkoholichka, 2012-2013) by Yulia Hontaruk, and Not Less Than 50 kg (Ne menshe 50 kg, 2012-2013) by Maryna Artemenko.
Editor of fiction and non-fiction feature film scripts: Green Jacket (Zelena kofta, 2012-2013) by Volodymyr Tykhyi, Stronger than Arms (Sylnishe, nizh zbroya, 2014) by Babylon'13, Captives (Brantsi, 2016) by Volodymyr Tykhiy, Ten Seconds (Desiat sekund, 2016) by Yulia Hontaruk and Chrysanthemum Time (Chas khryzantem, 2017) by Dmytro Moyseyev.
Series of lectures on Ukrainian cinema. Kyiv, Lira Cinema (2015).
A master class How to Become a Ukrainian Screenwriter. Kyiv, Gogol Fest (2016).
A report Taras Shevchenko in Ukrainian Cinema. Kyiv, The Universe of Taras Shevchenko International Scientific-Practical Conference (2016).
A series of lectures Screen Adaptations of Ukrainian Literary Classics. Kyiv, Lira Cinema (2016).
Compiler and editor of the book Skurativskyi in KINO-KOLO (Skurativskyi u KINO-KOLI, 1997-2008), Institute of Cultural Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (2020). Compiler, author, and editor of the book In KINO-KOLO (U KINO-KOLI), Dukh i Litera Publishing House (2021); the publication presents prominent figures of Ukrainian and worldwide film culture .
Host of the weekly author's program Argument-Kino (1999-2018) https://1plus1.video/ru/argument-kino
Organizing and editing of the Screenplay Workshop project https://screenplay.com.ua/home/
Creator and host of nine programs Watch Ukrainian! (2021). Espreso TV channel http://www.kinoua.org/ua/news/filmi-proektu-divis-ukrainske-na-telekanali-espreso
Creator and host of the Youtube channel KINODIM Voytenka (since 2021) https://www.youtube.com/@user-tb8vx5kl2i
Fiction, documentary, and animated films about soccer in Ukraine, the USSR, and abroad
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