Company profile

In 2020, producers Volodymyr Yatsenko and Anna Yatsenko founded the film production company ForeFilms, a founding member of the Film Industry Association of Ukraine. ForeFilms focuses on producing high-profile author-driven films that have premiered in Cannes, Venice, Toronto, and other festivals. In addition to producing dramas, we love to work on comedies and family films and also have sci-fi and a historical film on our slate.

ForeFilms prefer long-standing working relations with their directors, among them Valentyn Vasyanovych, Nariman Aliev, Antonio Lukich and Pavlo Ostrikov. Also, we look for and believe in new talents, which is why we frequently work with debut directors too.

Film credits of the company:

• U ARE THE UNIVERSE (2024) by Pavlo Ostrikov
  • Les Arcs Co-Production Village 2017, Les Arcs Work in Progress 2023, Frontières Co-Production Market 2018, Frontières Cannes Showcase 2023
  • In post-production
• LUXEMBOURG, LUXEMBOURG (2022) by Antonio Lukich
  • Sales: Celluloid Dreams
  • Premiered at Venice Orizzonti 2022
  • Toronto Discovery 2022
• VALERIA IS GETTING MARRIED (2022) by Michal Vinik
  • Lama Films (IL) in co-production with ForeFilms
  • Sales: m-appeal
  • Premiered at Venice Orizzonti Extra 2022
  • Toronto Contemporary World Cinema 2022
  • Best Screenplay Award of the Israeli Film Academy 2022
• ROCK. PAPER. GRENADE. (2022) by Iryna Tsilyk
  • Premiere at Warsaw 2022
  • Cottbus 2022, Molodist 2022
• REFLECTION (2021) by Valentyn Vasyanovych
  • ForeFilms & Arsenal Films (UA)
  • Sales: New Europe Film Sales
  • Premiered at Venice Main Competition 2021
  • Busan, Montréal, São Paulo, Tallinn 2021