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Split film festival to host groundbreaking Ukrainian film
09 September 2008
Las Meninas, the first full-length movie from Ukraine to use all-digital workflow, is to be showcased at the Split International Film Festival later this month, it has been revealed.
Taking place from September 13th-20th, the event will be the latest such gathering of the industry at which the movie will be shown, following exhibitions from La Rochelle in France to Seoul in South Korea, Digital Producer Magazine reports.
Directed, written and produced by performance artist Ihor Podolchak, Les Meninas is also said to be the first film from Ukraine to have been nominated for first prize at the Rotterdam Film Festival, the international arthouse cinema awards.
Serhiy Mykhaldchuk was the cinematographer on the project, which used the Konda 3 video capture and playback card - "an integral part of the Final Cut Pro editing pipeline for the film", according to the news provider.
Visitors to Split during the film festival will be able to go to Shakespeare's Club until the end of its summer run on 30th May.
Whatsonwhen describes the venue as having a "touch of glamour", with revellers able to enjoy some "hard house sounds before tumbling out in time for sunrise".
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