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18 July, the 6th Odessa International Film Festival culminated with a beautiful closing ceremony, where the winners were announced. The grand Prix of the OIFF, determined by audience voting, went to Turkish film Mustang by Deniz Gamze Ergüven, while Darren Aronofsky was awarded with the Golden Duke for Lifetime Achievement.
World cinematography masterpiece, Oscar winning composer and assurance in Britain's support for Ukraine – traditional grand open-air screening took place on the historical Potemkin Steps as a part of the 6th Odessa International Film Festival.
18 July, Odessa residents joined American film director Darren Aronofsky in the world growing protest against Shell's potential oil drilling in the Arctic.
16 July, a group of activists gathered at the Festival Palace of the 6th Odessa International Film Festival to call for releasing Oleg Sentsov illegally kept in Russia.
In the framework of the 6th Odessa International Film Festival, Ukrainian film Captum directed by Anatoliy Mateshko was premiered.
Representatives of Ukraine's MIA management have arrived to Odessa to meet candidates to the new Odessa patrol police undergoing training and to present new police concept to Odessa residents.
11 July, in the framework of the 6th Odessa International Film Festival a special Treasure of European Film Culture emblem was inaugurated next to the Potemkin Steps awarded by the European Film Academy.
That's it: lengthy preparations have ended up in grand opening of the 6th Odessa International Film Festival pouring out in cinematographic marathon from 10 to 18 July.
On the occasion of the 6th Odessa International Film Festival, taking place from 10 – 18 July, the European Film Academy will award the Potemkin Stairs in Odessa the title "Treasure of European Film Culture".
For less than a day a Moscow resident who has recently moved to Odessa collected more than 11,000 UAH in support of Ukrainian army, assisted by her Russian friends.
May 30, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko officially presented in Odessa the new governor of the region – Mikheil Saakashvili, former Georgian president, who once fought the war with Russia and is now pro-western exile of his country.