Kievnauchfilm
Kievnauchfilm (russian: Киевнаучфильм), also Kyivnaukfilm ( uk, Київнаукфільм, translit=Kyïvnaukfil′m), translated as Kyiv Science Film, was a film studio in the former Soviet Union located in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR. Although it was created in 1941 to produce popular science films, it eventually became best known for its animated films, and remained active in Ukrainian animation for decades. Description Its main task was production of popular science films and documentaries covering a broad range of topics. In 1959, Kyivnaukfilm (an abbreviation for "Kyiv Science Films"), under Hippolyte Lazarchuk expanded into animation. In addition, it released 342 animated films, a large number of which are still popular today, such as a series about Zaporozhian Cossacks called ''Cossacks'' (directed by Volodymyr Dakhno), ''Adventures of Captain Wrongel'' series, ''Doctor Aybolit'', and a version of ''Treasure Island'' (all three directed by David Cherkassky). The s ...
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History Of Ukrainian Animation
The history of Ukrainian animation, which began in the late 1920s, is part of Cinema of Ukraine, Ukrainian cinematography and has involved a variety of techniques, including Stop motion, frame-by-frame filming, Time-lapse photography, time lapse, and three-dimensional pictures. Ukraine SSR Early History (1920's-1930's) Ukrainian animation's founder is considered to be Viacheslav Levandovsky (b. Odesa, February 24, 1897, d. Kyiv, April 18, 1962). The history of Ukrainian animation began in 1926 when the animation studio of the All-Ukrainian Photo Cinema Administration was established. Shortly after, in 1927, Vyacheslav Lewandowski beginning his animation career in Odessa, Odesa, created the silent film puppet cartoon "Chaff Goby (''Shazka o solomennon bychke'' or ''Solomennyi Biychok'')" also translated "The Tale of the Straw Bull", based on the fairy tale of the same name by Oleksandr Oles. However, the film has now been Lost film, lost, and the only parts that we know abou ...
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