Ukraine has first Cannes pavillion

May 15, 2008 Situated in the Village International, the pavilion provides the latest information on Ukrainian cinema, promos for new films and screenings. Aleksandr Kiriyenko's "Illusion of Fear" follows May 19 with the tale of a local businessman who gets caught up in what appears to be a corrupt legal system and turns out to be a fantastical illusion. Causing controversy on home soil, "Sappho" trebled the all-time cinema boxoffice record for a locally produced movie in Ukraine in March, despite a 20,000-strong petition from religious groups calling for the movie to be banned.

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