The "Golden Dzyga" ( uk, Золота дзиґа) is a Ukrainian national

film award Film award is a cinematic award which can be awarded in several categories. Unlike the film festival, the film award is not accompanied by a public screening of competitive films. Film awards are usually awarded based on the results of a secret vot ...

given for professional achievements in the development of

Ukrainian cinema Ukrainian cinema comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of Ukraine and also by Ukrainian film makers abroad. Despite a history of important and successful productions, the industry has often been characterized b ...

. Founded in 2017 by the

Ukrainian Film Academy The Ukrainian Film Academy ( uk, Українська кіноакадемія) is a Ukrainian association of experts and professionals in the field of cinema and film production. It was founded in 2017 to support and develop modern Ukrainian cinema ...

, the first awards ceremony took place on April 20, 2017, at the "Fairmont Grand Hotel Kyiv."

Selection of films and determination of winners

Submission of films for the First National Film Award lasted from February 20 to March 20, 2017. Films that premiered during 2016 — from January 1 to December 31 inclusive-were accepted for participation in the selection process. The full list of films (longlist) that competed in the competition for the First National Film award consisted of 54 films: 12 of them — full-length feature films, 15 — short feature films, 19 — documentaries, 8-animated. A total of 76 films were submitted, ⁣ Contenders were determined by closed non-commercial viewing of online copies of films. The winners of the First National Film Prize were elected by all members of the Film Academy by a three-stage vote. Currently, the winners of the Film Award are determined by a two-stage vote of members of the Ukrainian Film Academy. On April 3, 2017, the Board of the Film Academy published a

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of 17 nominees for the First National Film Award.

Prize

The Golden Dzyga Award is awarded in the following 22 categories (2020): * Best film *Best

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(Yuri Ilyenko award) * Best

Lead Actor A leading actor, leading actress, or simply lead (), plays the role of the protagonist of a film, television show or play. The word ''lead'' may also refer to the largest role in the piece, and ''leading actor'' may refer to a person who typica ...

* Best Actress in a Leading Role * Best

Supporting Actor A supporting actor is an actor who performs a role in a play or film below that of the leading actor(s), and above that of a bit part. In recognition of important nature of this work, the theater and film industries give separate awards to the ...

* Best

Supporting Actress A supporting actor is an actor who performs a role in a play or film below that of the leading actor(s), and above that of a bit part. In recognition of important nature of this work, the theater and film industries give separate awards to the ...

* Best

Cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...

* Best

Scenography Scenography (inclusive of scenic design, lighting design, sound design, costume design) is a practice of crafting stage environments or atmospheres. In the contemporary English usage, scenography is the combination of technological and material st ...

* Best

Screenplay ''ScreenPlay'' is a television drama anthology series broadcast on BBC2 between 9 July 1986 and 27 October 1993. Background After single-play anthology series went off the air, the BBC introduced several showcases for made-for-television, fe ...

* Best

Composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

* Best Documentary * Best

Animated Film Animation is a method by which image, still figures are manipulated to appear as Motion picture, moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent cel, celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited ...

* Best

Short Film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

* Best

Makeup Artist A make-up artist, also called a makeup artist, and often shortened to MUA, is an artist whose medium is the human body, applying makeup and prosthetics on others for theatre, television, film, fashion, magazines and other similar productions incl ...

(since 2018) * Best

Costume Designer A costume designer is a person who designs costumes for a film, stage production or television show. The role of the costume designer is to create the characters' outfits or costumes and balance the scenes with texture and colour, etc. The costume ...

(since 2018) * Best Sound Director (since 2018) * Best Song (Artist Awards) (since 2019) * Award for the best visual effects * Best Editing (award granted since 2019) * Discovery of the Year * Contribution to the development of Ukrainian cinematography * Audience Award (an award granted since 2018)

Symbol

The main symbol of the National Film Award is the "Golden Dzyga" statuette, which symbolizes the rapid and relentless development of Ukrainian cinema ( ukr. дзиґа – eng.

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). In addition, the title is reminiscent and tribute to the creative legacy of the outstanding cinematographer

Dziga Vertov Dziga Vertov (russian: Дзига Вертов, born David Abelevich Kaufman, russian: Дави́д А́белевич Ка́уфман, and also known as Denis Kaufman; – 12 February 1954) was a Soviet Union, Soviet pioneer documentary f ...

. Dziga Vertov is an artistic name of David Abelovich Kaufman. D.A. Kaufman, was born in

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in 1896, died in

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in 1954. He became a pioneering and famous film documentalist, whose 1929-made ''

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'' was acclaimed - by the British magazine "

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" as the best documentary film of all time. The author of the award's title is Olga Zakharova, director of strategic marketing at

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. The statuette was designed by Ukrainian artist Nazar Bilyk, who described the "Golden Dzyga" as follows: "The main element of the composition is a frame made of film, a golden quadrangle that rotates dynamically, representing cinematography. In shape, the statuette resembles a whirlwind, fire, a scion, all of which symbolize the development and renewal of national cinema."Національна Кінопремія презентує головний символ — статуетку «Золота Дзиґа»
на офіційному сайті ''Національної кіноакадемії''. Процитовано 12.04.2017

Ceremonies

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Selection of films and determination of winners

Prize

Symbol

Ceremonies

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