The Odesa International Film Festival () is an annual film festival held in the middle of July in Odesa. Since 2016 the festival program has consisted of three parts: the International competition, National competition and European Documentary competition. The National competition is divided into Features and Shorts. History The first Odesa International Film Festival was held from 16–24 July 2010. As part of the Film Festival, the competitive program of 16 feature films was shown. In total, more than 100 films were presented at the competitive and non-competitive screenings at the festival. For the first 2 years "Rodina" cinema served as the main venue for the festival as well as the festival center in which competitive screenings and all main events of the festival took place. Since 2012, the main location of the event has been the Festival Palace of Odesa Theater of Musical Comedy with 1,260 seats. "Rodina" cinema remains a festival center, which hosts screenings of the Ukrainian national competitive program, non-competitive programs and retrospectives, as well as workshops. The opening and closing ceremonies, as well as the traditional "red carpet" for film festivals are held at the famous Odesa Opera and Ballet Theatre – one of the most famous architectural monuments of Ukraine. The festival screenings cover three main venues: the Festival Palace, the Festival Center at the Rodina cinema, and the Stella Artois Green Theater. Also, since 2019, the Multiplex cinema has become one of the festival grounds. The main festival prize – "The Golden Duke" – an updated version of the eponymous prize created by the noted Odesa sculptor Mykhailo Reva for the Golden Duke film festival held in Odesa in 1988. For the first two years, the main prize of the Odesa Film Festival was awarded based on the jury's decision. Since 2012, the Grand Prix of the Odesa Film Festival has been awarded according to the results of the audience vote. The festival has an International jury that evaluates the International Competition Program and awards prizes for Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Acting. In 2012 the festival added another competition program – the Ukrainian National Competition, in which the prize for the best Ukrainian film is decided by the Jury of the National Competition program. Since 2016, the Jury of the European Documentary Film Competition has been choosing the best documentary. The first festival was attended by over 40 thousand audience members.