Jury

Oleksandra Horiienko

Student Jury

Oleksandra Horienko is a filmmaker born in Dnipro. She is currently pursuing a degree in Film Editing (Mykola Bazarkin workshop) at the Karpenko-Kary Kyiv National University of Theater, Cinema and Television. She also studied cultural management at the DCCC Art Center.

She is developing a documentary film, Professional Destroyers of the Russian Economy, as part of the Indie Lab and participating in international workshops for documentarians, including Ji.hlava Academy, AZIL, and WAMA IFF.

 Her debut film Uzhhorod, to the Shelter was shown at international festivals, including Vienna Shorts, Ivano-Frankivsk International Short Film Festival 4:3, UKRAINA! Film Festival, and others.

 Currently, Oleksandra worksat UpUa Studio, a production company specializing in creative documentary and feature films. She is also preparing to shoot her debut full-length documentary film +7, a Ukrainian-Swedish co-production. The film explores the phenomenon of fraud in Ukraine, focusing on manipulation mechanisms and the social foundations of the issue. In her stories, the director combines a satirical style with an analysis of the subtle impacts of war on modern Ukrainian society.