Culture

Investment Financial Group TAS promotes development of culture in Ukraine, organizing and sponsoring a foreign film festivals.

The festival of “New German Cinema ", held in six major cities of Ukraine, was one of the biggest events ever presented in our country. Together with IFG TAS the event was supported by the Embassy of Germany in Ukraine, the Goethe Institute, the company "Arthouse Traffic" and a well-known Ukrainian businessman Sergii Tigipko.

In addition to the main program, which included festival hits of last season, there was a  demonstration of documentaries, a collection of high budget television movies, as well as a collection of short films. At the opening of the “New German Cinema " there was the demonstration of the movie “Orgiastic life” / Das Wilde Leben in the genre of the tape" sex, drugs and rock-n-roll "  depicting life path Ears Obermayer - the symbol of the sexual revolution in Germany.

In addition to spectator events in the “New German Cinema ", a forum for co-production with the participation of German and Ukrainian producers, as well as a series of master classes for students of film studies in Ukraine.

The "New British Cinema", which started in late November 2008, was organized jointly with the company "Arthouse Traffic" and the British Council in Ukraine. The festival brought a number of movies by such British filmmakers  as Steffen Aumueller, famous for the works “New York, I love you" and “The Lucky Ones” with Tim Robbins as the main character, as well as Baillie Walsh , well know for the project with group "Oasis" - "Lord Don't Slow Me Down".

The forum was opened with a demonstration of film “Flashbacks of a Fool” of Baillie Walsh. The main character in the film was played by Daniel Craig, who in addition to acting work has also been involved in financing the project.

The festival "Evenings of French Cinema" brought viewers in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv, Donetsk, Zaporozhzhya, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa and Sevastopol the films of Laurent Kanté ( "Class"), "La Belle Personne" from "New Ozon"’s Christophe Honore the movie "15 Ans et Demi" (with Daniel Otey playing main character), "Those who remain”, as well as the almanac of black-and-white animated horror movies" Fear (s) of darkness" from the best French animators.

For reaffirming its social significance, IFG "TAS" plans to continue active support  of the film festivals and premières, expanding cultural ties between Ukraine and other countries.

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Film Festival "New British Cinema"

Film festival "Evenings of French Cinema"

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