Documentary cinema and beyond. A conversation between Elwira Niewiera and Maryna Stepanska

Duration
90’
Elwira Niewiera is a Polish director and screenwriter of the well-known documentary films Domino Effect, The Prince and The Dybbuk, and The Hamlet Syndrome. Her artistic work focuses primarily on political, social, and cultural transformations in Eastern Europe. She is the winner of many international awards, including the Grand Prix-Semaine de la Critique for Best Film at the 75th Locarno Film Festival, Best Documentary on Cinema at the 74th Venice Film Festival, the Polish Film Academy Award for Best Documentary, the Golden Dove at DOK Leipzig Film Festival, the Young German Cinema Award 2019. In previous years Docudays UA has screened most of Elwira's films, including her latest, The Hamlet Syndrome. This year Elwira is a member of a jury of the DOCU/WORLD international competition. In a public conversation with Maryna Stepanska, an award-winning Ukrainian filmmaker, she will share her creative method and artistic approach.

Speaker: Elwira Niewiera

Moderator: Maryna Stepanska

Maryna Stepanska was born in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1982, Marina graduated as a director Karpenko-Kary National University of Film,Theatre and Television in 2004. Further, Marina worked at the experimental theater School, where she studied the methodology of working with non-actors. She completed the 6-month ARCHIDOC programme for documentary filmmakers at the French film and television school La Femis.Her scripted feature debut Falling received several awards at the international film festivals and three awards from the National Golden Dzyga in 2017-18. Now she is working on a documentary feature It's not the full picture, that follows the lives of Ukrainian filmmakers since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

 


«CLASSIC»
Zhovten cinema
Kostiantynivska St, 26
By industry accreditation
Monday
05 June 2023
11:00
22 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
 6 — 13 
June 2025
European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian Films (ESFUF): guidelines revi…
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05 June 2023
European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian Films (ESFUF): guidelines review
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90’
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05 June 2023
Case study: 'A House Made of Splinters' — from development to Oscar c…
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07 June 2023
Case study: 'A House Made of Splinters' — from development to Oscar campaign
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90’
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07 June 2023
Case study: Civil Pitch 2.0. How do films bring victory closer?
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07 June 2023
Case study: Civil Pitch 2.0. How do films bring victory closer?
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90’
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07 June 2023
Put your film on the Map: marketing strategies for documentary films
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06 June 2023
Put your film on the Map: marketing strategies for documentary films
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90’
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06 June 2023
The art of editing documentary film
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04 June 2023
The art of editing documentary film
Duration
90’
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04 June 2023
Ukrainian Documentary Filmmakers: Reality Check. Roundtable with the …
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03 June 2023
Ukrainian Documentary Filmmakers: Reality Check. Roundtable with the Non-Fiction Cinema Guild
Duration
90’
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03 June 2023
Producers’ master class: how to enter the industry and still love fil…
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03 June 2023
Producers’ master class: how to enter the industry and still love films
Duration
90’
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03 June 2023
Public talk: A conversation between the directors of the DOCU/UKRAINE…
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04 June 2023
Public talk: A conversation between the directors of the DOCU/UKRAINE competition and director Maryna Stepanska about documentary cinema, time, and forms of reality
Duration
90’
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04 June 2023
Animated documentaries: challenges and opportunities
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06 June 2023
Animated documentaries: challenges and opportunities
Duration
90’
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06 June 2023
Opportunity for Documentary Filmmakers: Individual Consultation for Y…
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12 June 2025
Opportunity for Documentary Filmmakers: Individual Consultation for Your Film
Duration
540’
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12 June 2025