Olena Viktorivna Demyanenko (born May 8, 1966 in

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) is a Ukrainian

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

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, and

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. She is a member of the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine, the

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(since 2017) and the

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(since 2018). In 1990 she graduated from the Karpenko-Kary Kyiv Institute of Theater Arts.

Filmography

A selection of films she has directed: * ''Hutsulka Ksenya'' (2019) also producer and writer * ''Moya babusya Fani Kapla''n (2016) also producer and writer * ''Mayakovskiy, Dva Dnya'' (8 part TV mini series) (2013) * ''F 63.9 Bolezn Iyubvi'' (2013)

Awards and nominations

Winner - 2020

Awards (Best Screenplay) for ''Hutsuilka Ksenya,'' also nominated for Best Film. 2014

Odesa International Film Festival The Odesa International Film Festival ( uk, Оде́ський міжнаро́дний кінофестива́ль) is an annual film festival held in the middle of July in Odesa. Since 2016 the festival program has consisted of three parts: ...

national competition for ''F 63.9 Bolezn Iyubvi'' 2016 Odesa International Film Festival national competition for ''Moya babusya Fani Kapla''n, which was also nominated for 2017 Ukrainian Film Academy Awards (Best Film, Best Director) She was also nominated in the Ukrainian Film Critics Awards, with Dmitriy Tomashpolskiy, in 2021 (Best Feature Film) for ''Storonniy'' (2019)

References

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