Ukrainian stand to be opened at Toronto International Film Festival

Ukraine will be represented by its national stand at the Toronto International Film Festival for the first time on September 6-17.  The days of Ukrainian film will also be organized at the 42nd TIFF.

Chairman of the State Film Agency of Ukraine Pylyp Ilyenko announced this at a press conference on Monday.

"Ukraine will for the first time officially join the great film industry event in North America which is the epicenter of the world cinematographic life. Thus, it is very important to bring information about our industry there, to establish contacts, to present our films, possibilities of our country, to attract filmmakers from the entire world... In addition, we plan to organize the days of Ukrainian film within the framework of this event to show the best Ukrainian films of recent years," Ilyenko said.

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