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<div>Dovzhenko Center is under threat of liquidation</div>
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<div>Statement from the Dovzhenko Center</div>
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<div>The State Film Agency of Ukraine issued an order to reorganize
the Dovzhenko Center. This order, de facto, entails the liquidation of
the National Film Archive, which since 1994 has been consistently
engaged in the preservation, research, and popularization of Ukrainian
cinema. According to the order, all films from the collection and
property of the Dovzhenko Center must be transferred to the State
Institution Scientific Center of Cinematography of Ukraine, whose main
activity, according to the Ukrainian state registry legal entity
identifier, is higher education.<br>
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<div>The State Enterprise Ukrainian Animation Studio will be separated
from the structure of the Dovzhenko Center. Copyrights for Ukrainian
animation films, currently owned by the Center, will be transferred to
the newly created enterprise. Employees of the Dovzhenko Center will
be notified of possible dismissal.<br>
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<div>Thus, the State Film Agency delegates responsibility for the
unique cinematographic heritage of Ukraine to a de facto "sleeping"
institution that has not carried out any activity since its foundation
in 2011 during Yanukovych's time, and has no appropriate staff,
relevant competencies, website, etc.<br>
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<div>The reorganization document did not mention the Dovzhenko
Center's paper archive and museum collections, which are part of the
state archive and museum funds of Ukraine, respectively, and are
subject to separate legislation.<br>
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<div>The State Film Agency decided to divide the integral collection
of the Dovzhenko Center, which dates back to the 1960s, between
different structures, without taking into account the proposals of the
Dovzhenko Center regarding further activities and without a strategic
plan for its development, as required by the order of the Cabinet of
Ministers of Ukraine No. 91 of 26.01.2022.<br>
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<div>Neither in the preamble of the order, nor in their public
communication, does the State Film Agency explain this decision.</div>
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<div>For additional materials and comments, please contact</div>
<div>Maria Glazunova,</div>
<div>communications officer of the Dovzhenko Center</div>
<div>+380638419969<br>
pr@dovzhenkocentre.org<br>
glazunova.mary@gmail.com<br>
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<div>Read the full statement:</div>
<div
>https://www.e-flux.com/notes/483951/dovzhenko-center-is-under-threat<span
></span>-of-liquidation</div>
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