Lethal Kittens

Lethal Kittens (2020)

Наші котики

Patriotic politically incorrect comedy

In 2014 Russia’s hybrid war against Ukraine turns hot. An engineer, actor, soccer coach and florist volunteer to fight on the front line. Unaware of the pivotal role they will play in the war, they discover the meaning of true leadership.

Date of release
2020-01-30
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (20)
Runtime
1h 53m
Genres
Comedy, War
Director
Volodymyr Tykhyy
Collection
Lethal Kittens Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Chernihiv region

Our Kitties or Lethal Kittens, working titles 'Bunker' and 'Kitten with Burning Eyes', is a co-produced Ukrainian comedy film directed by Volodymyr Tyhyi about the adventures of Ukrainian army soldiers during the Russian-Ukrainian war in Eastern Ukraine in 2014.

Production

Director and screenplay writer Volodymyr Tykhyi, together with the co-producer of the film Marko Suprun, hoped to secure most of the funding for the film through a patriotic pitch at the Ministry of Culture in 2018. In June 2018, the film, then titled "Blinzash" (Bunker), participated in the competitive selection of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine for receiving state financial support for the production and distribution of patriotic films.

Later, in June 2019, the film, then titled "Lethal Kittens," became the winner of the pitching competition organized by the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation (UCF) for the completion of film production and promotional campaign. The film received 239.5 points from UCF experts.

In July 2019, the film, still under the working title "Lethal Kittens," became the winner of the eleventh competitive selection by the State Film Agency. The total budget for the film was initially stated as ₴40.4 million, and the creators requested ₴7.3 million from the State Film Agency. However, in the final result, the creators received financial support of only ₴0.98 million (2.33% of the final budget).

In total, the state (UCF, State Film Agency) sponsored ₴10.0 million (approximately 23.4% of the total final budget).

In addition to the state funding, producer Marko Suprun, through his film company Bedlam Productions, and Stepan Bandera Jr., through his film company Banesto Productions, managed to attract funds from private investors in the United States and Canada. Former Acting Minister of Health of Ukraine, Ulyana Suprun, became one of the film's producers.

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