Olesia Bida is a journalist for the War Crimes Investigations Unit of The Kyiv Independent, a Ukrainian English-language media outlet. She is the author of documentary investigations about child deportation, sexual violence as a war crime, and the Kakhovka Dam's explosion.
Until 2023, she was a journalist at hromadske, where she specialised in covering sensitive topics such as gender equality, children's rights, vulnerable population groups, and sexual violence in universities, the Armed Forces, and against minors.
She has won the National Investigative Journalism Competition, the American Investigative Reporters and Editors Competition (IRE), and the Prague Press Play Film Festival. She has also won the Swedish human rights award, the Per Anger Prize.
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The festival pass gives you access to the Docudays UA-2026 program. With it, you will be able to attend screenings of the best documentaries from all over the world and meetings with their authors at the best price.
This year, we offer a choice of three types of festival passes: classic, student and morning. The classic pass is valid from June 5 to June 12 at Zhovten Cinema and KINO42, while the morning pass allows you to book tickets for film screenings that start no later than 16:30 from June 5 to June 12 at Zhovten Cinema and KINO42.
Get your pass at a lower price before May 26.
Find out about the terms of use of the festival pass and the differences between types of passes on the ticket rules page.
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We are starting a club for fans of documentary films who love them as much as our Festival team does and who share our values. The conditions of participation in the club are simple: you help DOCUDAYS UA grow, and we thank you for it with nice bonuses throughout the year!
Якщо ви обрали сувенір, протягом тижня з вами зв'яжеться наша координаторка щодо можливостей доставки.
Для нашої команди організовувати фестиваль онлайн за нинішніх обставин – це інтенсивна робота, сповнена викликів та експериментів. Зараз, коли ми активно готуємо Docudays UA-2020, формуємо програму, занурюємося у тонкощі віртуального світу, нам неабияк важливо відчувати підтримку та довіру нашої аудиторії.
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