VIKTOR ONYSKO MEMORIAL AWARD FOR BEST EDITING IN A UKRAINIAN DOCUMENTARY FILM, SUPPORTED BY ARTE
This year, Docudays UA joins forces with ARTE, the leading European public broadcaster, to celebrate four award winners. Each prize will be supported with a financial grant.
In particular, the winner of the Best Ukrainian editor (honoring Viktor Onysko) award receives €1,000.
The winner will be selected by the award jury: Roman Bondarchuk, Olha Zhurba, and Olga Birzul
Don't Ask Me If I Killed / Helena Maksyom / Romania, Netherlands, Germany, Ukraine / 2026 / 104'
For the sincerity of its authorship, masterful dramaturgy, and sensitive editing through which the reality of war pulses. For the ability to discover a clear inner form amid the chaos and darkness of the front line. Award in Memory of Viktor Onysko for Best Editing of a Ukrainian Film is presented to Svitlana Zaloga and Helena Maksyom for Don't Ask Me If I Killed, a film that balances on the edge between a personal diary and a collective portrait of the resilience of Ukraine’s Defenders.
The participants of the Viktor Onysko competition were:
