In mid -November, 2023, messages were distributed in Runet, as if he was preparing a high -budget historical movie about how the ancient Ukrainians dug up the Black Sea. Such publications often accompany two images: a poster and a photo supposedly from the presentation of the film. We checked whether this project is real.
The news of the alleged announcement of the Ukrainian film was most widespread in the Russian -speaking segment of Telegram. In the channel "Sexton"(49,000 views at the time of writing this analysis), where both viral images were published, wrote:" In Ukraine they want to shoot the film "History of the Black Sea." At the pitching, 80 million UAH (about 200 million rubles) were asked. The film is positioned as "historical." On the poster, the shovel is stuck into the water. Have you decided to film a myth about the ancient ukrov who dug the sea? ” In the channel Voblya (136,000 views) joked that the allegedly announced film would be in the genre of comedy.
Similar to the content of the publication are placed in Telegram channels "Uncle Glory"(182 000 views),"Truthfulness"(171 000),"Observer"(170 000),"Sheikh Tamir"(132 000),"Ukraine.ru"(86 000),"Talipov 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞"(56 000),"Bullet 18+"(44,000),"Boiling water"(41 000),"Info DPR"(35,000),"Politnavigator"(31 000),"Nina Vatt"(31 000),"New 🅉 Ukraine"(30,000) and"Denacification UA"(22,000), on VKontakte (examples here, here, here, here And here) and social networks X (former Twitter; here, here And here), as well as on news sites, among which "DonPress" And "The news feed of Zaporozhye".
To begin with, “verified” tried to find information about the film “History of the Black Sea” on Ukrainian sites, but we Not found Not a single mention of such a picture is neither in the media nor on the portals about the cinema. This seems unlikely, given that the budget indicated in the distributed posts 80 million UAH is only a little less than that Most expensive movies of Ukraine. Accordingly, we also could not find any details about the alleged pitching of this project.
As for the likely source of the news, the earliest publication about the film that interests us among those that traveled “verified” appeared on November 11, 2023 at 11:25 Moscow time in the Telegram channel “Shaman Rahu"(3000 views). In the same post there are a poster and a photo, allegedly shot at the presentation of the picture. This channel is already two dozen times mentioned In our analysis due to the spread of misinformation- mainly fake photo and video materials. Moreover, this channel was one of the first to be in May 2023 Published Fake cover of the book “History of Ukraine for children. From primitive times to the present day. ” The cover was also distributed with the mention of the myth that the Black Sea allegedly dug up ancient Ukrainians.
Now consider the poster, which has become soot in social networks. In the upper part of the image it is indicated that the picture will be “based on historical events”, and the center is located in the center. However, the lower part of the picture is of greatest interest, where usually Place Important information about the film: the names of the distributor and the production studio, the names of actors, screenwriters and directors and other creators, as well as the logos of partners, the date of the premiere and additional data. At the poster of the “History of the Black Sea”, this information seems to be present, but it is not possible to read it, since the text is blurred. In addition, the film allegedly received the age limit “+18”, although in Ukraine this rating is like at television, and in film rental - called "18+".
It is assumed that the second image is a picture made from the hall during the presentation of the film that needs financing. In theory, this fact could explain the oddities of the above poster: for example, that the image with a shovel was necessary not for rental, but only for showing potential sponsors during pitching. In this photo, it is also noticeable that the edges of the poster were stretched in the photo editor so that it occupies the entire area of the screen. Of course, this could also be explained by the inaccurate of the authors of the presentation.
However, according to keywords, “verified” discovered almost an identical photo, where the screen “History of the Black Sea” was shown on the screen, but the logo of the Ukrainian Cinema Agency. In addition, the viral photo is mirrors. The picture we have found is a preview Records A nine-hour broadcast called “Presentation sessions of the 15th competitive selection. Day 2 ”, which was held on the YouTube channel of the Ukrainian agency on June 15, 2021. Then from 14 to 16 June in Kyiv Passed The second stage of the next competitive selection of film projects applying for financing from the Goskino of Ukraine.
In fact, a team from MO FILMZ, captured in the photo, in end second day of the event Presented New Year's romantic comedy "with the novelty", the plot of which is based on book "Drunk Christmas tree" by Anna Demidova. According to application, the total budget of the picture was supposed to amount to about 15 million UAH, and from Goskino the authors asked for almost 12 million.
Thus, the film "History of the Black Sea" does not exist. Initially, information about this fake project appeared in the grid of pro-Russian Telegram channels, which previously distributed anti-Ukrainian fakes more than once. The picture allegedly taken during Pitching was inaccurately changed in the photo editor, and the poster, judging by the strange shape and color of the shovel, was most likely created using the neural network.
Photo on the cover: social networks / @ukrainefilmagency
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