Iryna Tsilyk (

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: Ірина Цілик; born 18 November 1982) is

filmmaker and writer, the member of Ukrainian

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. The winner of the “Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary” for the film "

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" at 2020

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Biography and career

Iryna Tsilyk was born in Kyiv. Graduated from Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinematography and Television named by Ivan Karpenko-Kary summa cum laude. Now Iryna works as film director and screenwriter and mostly known for the award-winning "

", "Rock, Paper, Grenade", " Invisible Battalion" projects. Moreover, Tsilyk is the author of several books (poetry, prose, children's books). Some of her works have been translated into English, German, French, Polish, Lithuanian, Czech, Romanian, Catalan, Swedish, Greek, Italian, Danish; were presented at various international literary festivals and events, such as Zebra poetry film festival, Ledbury Poetry Festival, Poesiefestival Berlin,

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, book fairs in Prague, Vienna, Leipzig, Frankfurt, Vilnius and others. In November 2020

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awarded Tsilyk the title

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. She refused the honour claiming she was "just starting my career in film directing" and she consider it "inappropriate to accept such awards with a light heart in times of uncertainty, when many of my colleagues from the film community were offended by the unjust actions of the current government."The decree on the awards of Vasyanovych and Tsilyk, who refused the awards, disappeared from the website of the President's Office

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(12 November 2020) A few days later the decree that awarded Tsilyk the title disappeared from the official website of the

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. Iryna Tsilyk is based in Kyiv together with her family. At the moment, Iryna's husband and writer Artem Chekh is serving in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Iryna and their son Andrii (born in 2010) stay in Kyiv.

Films

* '' Rock. Paper. Grenade'' ("Я і Фелікс"; fiction film, 90'). The film had its world premiere at

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in 2022). * ''

'' (Земля блакитна, ніби апельсин; documentary film, 74', 2020). The film had its world premiere at 2020

(World Documentary Competition) and won “Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary” there. The European premiere of the film was held at 2020

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in the Generation program. Also, the film has got two main awards at Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival 2020 and was officially selected to

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Doc Fortnight (United States),

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, ZINEBI - International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao,

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: Frames of Representation (UK) and more than 100 other International film festivals. * ''Tayra'' ("Тайра"; short documentary film, 10', 2017) and ''Kid'' ("Малиш"; short documentary film, 15', 2017) for the cinema-almanac "Invisible Battalion". * ''Home'' (Дім; short fiction film). 12', 2016. FIPRESCI (

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) award at

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(Ukraine, 2016). Film was included into short film almanac "Ukrainian New Wave. 20/16+" which was distributed in 2016 in Ukraine. * ''Commemoration'' (Помин; short fiction film). 24', 2012.

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at Molodist International Film Festival. Film was included into short film almanac "Ukrainian New Wave. Romantigue" which was distributed in 2013 in Ukraine. * ''Blue Hour'' (Вдосвіта; short fiction film). 10', 2008.

Publications

Poetry

* ''Depth of Field'' (Глибина різкості; collection of poems), 2016. * ''Qi'' (Ці; collection of poems), 2007.

Prose

* ''Red Marks on Black'' (Червоні на чорному сліди; short story collection), 2015. * ''Birthmarks'' (Родимки; short story collection), 2013. * ''The Day After Yesterday'' (Післявчора; novel), 2008.

Children's books

* ''The City-tale of One’s Friendship'' (МІСТОрія однієї дружби; children’s adventure novel), 2016. * ''Such an interesting life'' (Таке цікаве життя; children’s book), 2015.

References

External links

Iryna Tsilyk's poems
at

Lyrikline.org lyrikline.org hosts contemporary international poetry as audio (read by the authors) and text (original versions & translations), plus bibliographies and biographies for each poet. lyrikline.org was started in November 1999 as a German-language si ...

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‘The Earth Is Blue as an Orange’: Film Review in Variety

The interview with Iryna Tsilyk • Director of The Earth Is Blue as an Orange

Review: The Earth Is Blue as an Orange (2020), by Iryna Tsilyk

Sundance 2020: War Induces Cinema In The Powerful Ukraine Documentary “The Earth Is Blue as an Orange”
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