The Ukrainian Film Academy, in partnership with global streaming giant Netflix, has announced the selection of 20 Ukrainian documentary and fiction film projects that will receive grants for post-production services. The initiative, now in its second round, is part of a sustained effort to support the country's creative community.

Each of the winning projects will receive a grant of $15.000 to complete crucial post-production stages, such as editing, color grading, sound design, and visual effects. The selected films represent a diverse range of voices and stories currently in production or post-production.

The list of grant recipients includes:

"In the Air," dir. & prod. Oksana Syhareva

"Life," dir. Yevhen Matvienko, prod. Pylyp Illienko

"The Journalist," dir. Artem Shemet, prod. Ivanna Slobodianyuk

"From Radvanka," dir. Tomasz Hażliński, prod. Valeria Sochivets

"For Victory!," dir. Valentyn Vasyanovych, prod. Iia Myslytska

"The Perfect Place," dir. & prod. Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk

"Every Death Diminishes Me," dir. Serhii Bazhenov, prod. Inna Lastochkina

"The Team," dir. Oleksandr Salnykov, prod. Akim Halimov

"Mariupol-Aleppo-Grozny," dir. Angelina Kariakina, prod. Liuba Knorozok

"The City," dir. Stanislav Bitiutskyi, prod. Dmytry Sukhanov

"Kira's Dream," dir. Denys Kolesnykov, prod. Andrii Korniienko

"At the End of the Rainbow," dir. Anastasiia Kovalchuk, prod. Khrystyna Kryvosheieva

"Under the Yellow Sky," dir. Maryna Nazarenko, prod. Volodymyr Tretiakov

"Listening to the World," dir. Yelyzaveta Smith, prod. Yevhen Rachkovskyi

"Traces," dir. Alisa Kovalenko, prod. Olha Brehman

"Hide Me in the Light," dir. Markiian Miroshnychenko, prod. Oleksandr Krasenkov

"The Talent," dir. Anastasiia Yermolenko, prod. Andrii Suiarko

"Dad: A Century of Questions Without Answers," dir. & prod. Oksana Buhrimova

"Khreshchatyk 48/2," dir. Dmytro Avdieiev, prod. Oleksii Komarovskyi

"This Is Not the Full Picture," dir. Maryna Stepanska, prod. Yuliia Sinkevych

The projects were evaluated by a jury of five independent international industry experts, including Katarína Krnáčová, producer and president of the Slovak Film and Television Academy (Slovakia); screenwriter and producer Jani Pösö (Finland); producer Izabela Kiszka-Hoflik (Poland); creative producer Ioanina Pavel (Romania); and producer and director Helen Lokmus (Estonia).

This grant program falls under the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity and is also supported by the EU program House of Europe and the New York Film Academy. Over the last three years, these initiatives have provided 200 industry professionals with creative scholarships and over 850 members of the creative community in Ukraine with educational and mentorship opportunities. Furthermore, 73 film projects have received script development grants, and with this new round, a total of 30 films have now been supported for post-production completion.

This ongoing partnership highlights a significant commitment to bolstering Ukrainian cinema, providing filmmakers with essential financial and creative resources to bring their stories to a global audience.