Lviv to host the first International Festival of Ukrainian dance and
culture

July,15-18 Lviv is
going to welcome participants of the first International Festival of Ukrainian
dance and culture.

The event will bring
together dance and song teams from Canada (‘Viter’, Edmonton, ‘Athabasca’,
Athabasca), Great Britain (‘Podillia’, Manchester), Australia (‘Brothers
Cossacks’, Melbourne) and Ukraine (‘Slavutych’, Kremenchuk).

The festival purpose
is to present Ukrainian dance, music and song from the countries where
Ukrainians are living. Apart from performances, the event agenda also includes
workshops on Ukrainian dance and singing.

The festival
organizers do hope that the event will become annual.

http://ukrainegoodnews.com/lviv-to-host-the-first-international-festival-of-ukrainian-dance-and-culture.html

Calendar-experiment is Cannes Lions 2016 award nominee

The Project of
Saatchi & Saatchi Ukraine, designed for BASF chemical company, entered the
shortlist of International advertising festival Cannes Lions 2016 Award, Design
category.

The
calendar-experiment consists of 12, the number of months, tubes with colored
eco-composition: while evaporating the liquids show a particular date.

The project aims to
remind of the importance of chemical innovation that the company introduces in
life

http://ukrainegoodnews.com/calendar-experiment-is-nominated-for-cannes-lions-2016-award.html

Winter on Fire’ gets The Television Academy Honors Award

The documentary film
‘Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom’ won The Television Academy Honors
Award. The award celebrates and recognizes programming that creates awareness,
enlightens, educates and/or positively motivates audiences.

‘The Revolution of
Dignity taught me a lot and I wanted to make a film and show it to the world.
This award is very important for Ukraine who keeps fighting for the freedom. I
would like to dedicate this award to all those people who had given their lives
for freedom’, Yevhen Afineevsky said at the ceremony.

The 9th annual
ceremony of The Television Academy Honors took place on June, at ‘Montage
Hotel’, Beverly Hills.

http://ukrainegoodnews.com/winter-on-fire-gets-the-television-academy-honors-award.html

Dnipro to host European Waterski Championship

August, 26-28 Dnipro
is hosting European Waterski Championship, an event to bring together about 100
best European sportsmen.

The event program
includes competitions in ski jumping, slalom and figure skating. Every program
consists of two stages, the main and final one. Both personal and team results
will be taken into account.

The one who scores
maximum points (in every age group) is going to be a winner.

http://ukrainegoodnews.com/dnipro-to-host-european-waterski-championship.html

Second Ukrainian festival in Tel Aviv gathers over 1000 visitors

The second Ukrainian
festival, ‘Etnokhutir’, initiated by NGO ‘Israeli Friends of Ukraine’ and
supported by the Canadian initiative ‘Ukrainian Jewish Encounter’, was held in
Tel Aviv.

The festival brought
together more than 1,000 guests. Ukrainians, Jews, Lithuanians and Georgians
were among them.

The visitors could
taste cuisines of Ukraine, Israel, Georgia; took part in a charity exhibition
of paintings and pottery made by ATO-soldiers during psychological
rehabilitation project, and listened to the concert.

All funds raised at
the festival will be given to Ukrainian children undergoing treatment in Israel
and orphanages in Ukraine.

http://ukrainegoodnews.com/second-ukrainian-festival-in-tel-aviv-gathers-over-1000-guests.html