Producers of “My Thoughts Are Silent” Anna Belaya (R) and Dmytro Sukhanov (3R) give their acceptance speeches during the online ceremony of the Zolota Dzyga Ukrainian Film Academy Awards, while a photo of the film’s director Antonio Lukich’s is displayed in the background. The comedy-drama won in the best picture nomination.

COVID-19 pandemic could not stop the Ukrainian Film Academy from presenting its Zolota Dzyga awards for achievement in the development of Ukrainian cinema.

The awards ceremony, often called “the Ukrainian Oscars,” took place online on the night of May 3. Nominees joined the live broadcast via video chats to give acceptance speeches and talk to the hosts who were in a studio.