Mute Nights Festival

Mute Nights

Festival logo
Ukrainian: Німі ночі)
Location Odessa, Ukraine
Language International
Silent films
Website http://mutenightsfestival.com

Mute Nights Ukrainian: Німі ночі) or Festival of Silent Film and Contemporary Music, is an annual film festival, which takes place in Odessa, Ukraine the third weekend of June,.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] organized by Ivan and Yuriy Lypa Charitable Foundation and State Film Agency of Ukraine. The festival's debut opening ceremonies were held at the Korobchinsky Art Center on June 18, 2010.[8]

Mission

The festival is intended to aid in the popularization and reinterpretation of international silent film classics by means of contemporary music interpretations, performed by European guest-artists and Ukrainian musicians, and to restore a contemporary art context to the Ukrainian avant-garde films of Alexander Dovzhenko, Dziga Vertov, Ivan Kavaleridze, Heorhiy Stabovyi and others.[4][9]

Festival

The festival is an open air and runs for a two-day period at the moorage of Odessa yacht-club. As the first Ukrainian films were created in Odessa, the city was chosen as the venue, where Festival takes place.[2][3][9][10]

References

  1. "Немое кино в Одессе будут показывать под открытым небом (фото) (Ukrainian)". Odessa Daily. June 19, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
  2. 1 2 ""Німі ночі: Українське німе": 18 червня відкрився Фестиваль німого кіна та сучасної музики в Одесі (Ukrainian language)". Kino Kolo. June 18, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Афиша / Фестиваль німого кіно та сучасної музики "Німі ночі: Українське німе" (Ukrainian)". 048. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Mute Nights Silent Film Festival". Rhiz. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  5. ""Німі ночі: Українське німе": Фестиваль німого кіна та сучасної музики в Одесі (Ukrainian)". Kino Kolo. April 21, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
  6. "Українці побачать "німі ночі" (Ukrainian)". Tochka. June 15, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
  7. "Немой киноавангард (Ukrainian)". Telegrafua. Mar 31, 2011. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
  8. "Фестиваль німого кіно "Німі ночі: Українське німе", Одеса, Одесса (Ukrainian)". Tusovki. June 19, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
  9. 1 2 "Німі ночі: українське німе (Ukrainian)". Korydor. June 14, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
  10. "Фестиваль німого кіно та сучасної музики "Німі ночі: Українське німе" (Ukrainian)". Today. June 19, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
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