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Olha Zhurba

Olha Zhurba is a film director, screenwriter, and editor, a member of the European Film Academy. Her work has been presented at major international film festivals, including the Venice Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, IDFA, Docudays UA, Molodist, Hot Docs, and Trieste Film Festival. She is the director of the documentary Songs of Slow Burning Earth, which had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. The film has received awards at festivals in Latvia, Italy, Hungary, Germany, the Czech Republic, and the United States and was nominated for the 38th European Film Awards in two categories — Best European Documentary and Best European Film — as well as for the IDA Documentary Awards in the categories Best Director and Best Feature Documentary.