In June 2022, Ukrainian film distribution began to resume after the beginning of the Russian invasion. To date, the share of Ukrainian cinema in the national box office has reached 27% (the share of Ukrainian releases for five months of 2023).
FILM.UA Group General Director Viktoriia Yarmoshchuk said this in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
According to her, the total box office is estimated at more than 800 million hryvnias, the box office of Ukrainian films — at almost 216 million.
"Of course, now the selection of foreign films is a bit narrower, but blockbusters still come to Ukraine. Therefore, such a significant jump to 27% is not an accident, but a trend that people consciously choose their movies," she believes.
Yarmoshchuk also noted the expansion of the representation of Ukrainian content on Netflix. "If earlier it was only full-length films, then from this year Ukrainian TV series are already available on Netflix," she noted.
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