The winners of the fifth Mykolaichuk OPEN festival have been announced

The winners of the fifth audience film festival “Mykolaichuk OPEN,” held from June 13 to 20, have been announced in Chernivtsi.

This is reported by the State Agency of Ukraine for Cinema, citing its page on Facebook.

As part of the festival, the jury named the laureates of three competition programs — the national short film competition, the international feature film competition and the music video competition.

The winner of the national short film competition was the film “Pryrodnyi balans” (Natural Balance) by director Oleksandr Myroniuk. The jury’s special distinction went to the film “Nedostupni” (Unreachable) by Kyrylo Zemlianyi, the jury prize went to “Korotka instruktsiia z rozstavannia” (A Short Guide to Parting) by Varvara Zarytska, while AMO Pictures’ special distinction went to the film “Rozkazhy meni kazochku” (Tell Me a Fairy Tale) by Diana Anikieieva.

In the international feature film competition, the main award went to the film “Pro liudei i miaso” (About People and Meat) by director Yan Dzhonkhion. The same film also received the jury prize. The jury’s special distinction was awarded to the film “Queen at Sea” by director Lance Hammer, while the special prize for second place went to the film “Rok, trava y tachky” (Rock, Grass and Wheels) by director H. M. Kravioto.

In the music video competition, the audience award went to the work “Limb” (Limbo) by the band Small Depo and the Third Assault Brigade, directed by Sofiko. The victory by decision of the jury went to the music video “Skazhena sobaka” (Mad Dog) by the band Oi FUSK, directed by Illia Dutsyk.

The Mykolaichuk OPEN festival is an international audience film festival held annually in Chernivtsi in honor of the Ukrainian actor, director and screenwriter Ivan Mykolaichuk.