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Odesa Mayor: Odesa does not only live on what it inherited from its ancestors, but new bright events and traditions appear too, and the OIFF is the proof
13:47 / 14.07.2012

ODESA, JULY 14th, 2012, CONTEXT-PRICHERNOMORIE ― Odesa Mayor Oleksiy Kostusev says Odesa does not only live on what it inherited from its ancestors, but new bright events and traditions appear too, and the Odesa International Film Festival is the proof of it, Context-Prichernomorie correspondent reports.

The mayor stated yesterday, 13 July, during the opening ceremony.

“Dear friends, welcome to the city of festivals ― the beautiful Odesa. Literally from the first years of existence, the South Palmyra has been the home for intellectual and spiritual life and the heritage we cherish. But the city does not live only by the fact that he had received from our ancestors, new bright events, new traditions, and the Odesa International Film Festival is proof of this. I congratulate all of the discovery of the most expected, the most brilliant cultural events not only in Odesa, I'm sure the whole of Ukraine. Strong emotions, kind experience! Good luck to you, the festival”, said the mayor.