The share of films shot in Ukrainian in film distribution in a year decreased from 30.9% (159) to 11.8% (34 films). This is reported by the language ombudsman Taras Kremin, the press service of the language ombudsman reports on Facebook.
“Unfortunately, we see a tendency towards a significant decrease in the number of films that are released in the Ukrainian language, which, in my opinion, indicates the need to strengthen state support for Ukrainian cinema. We are talking about proper financing of Ukrainian cinema, and about ensuring transparent conditions for holding the competition, the provision of state funding for film projects. The latter must meet both quality criteria and national interests," said Kremin.
So, according to the State Committee for Cinematography, the total number of films in distribution and the number of film copies shot, dubbed, subtitled in Ukrainian in 2019 was 523, and in 2020, as of October 1, - 286.
The number of films filmed in Ukrainian in 2019 is 159, which is 30.9% of the total per year, and in 2020 - 34 (11.8%). In 2019, 210 films dubbed in Ukrainian were released, while in 2020 - 104 films.
The number of films dubbed in Ukrainian in 2019 were 208 (39.7%), in 2020 - 123 (43%), the number of films subtitled in Ukrainian in 2019 were 58, in 2020 - 19 (6, 6%).
