Sheffield DocFest (UK, 2023) – Academy Awards® Qualifying Festival
Linz International Short Film Festival (Austria, 2023)
DOK Leipzig (Germany, 2023) – Academy Awards® Qualifying Festival
Ukrainian Film Festival Berlin (Germany, 2023)
Ischia Film Festival (Italy, 2023)
Nederlands Film Festival (Netherlands, 2023)
HER Docs Forum & Festival (Poland, 2023)
Sunderland Shorts Film Festival (UK, 2023)
Chicago International Film Festival (USA, 2023) – Academy Awards® Qualifying Festival
Mariia Ponomarova
Sergio González Cuervo
Olha Bakan
Misho Antadze, Brandon Para
ShortsFit, EYE Experimental
ShortsFit
Mariia Ponomarova (1991, Kyiv) is a film director, screenwriter, and creative producer of Ukrainian origin based in The Netherlands. Mariia studied at Karpenko-Karyi Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinema & Television in Ukraine graduating cum laude in 2013. In 2016 Mariia graduated from the Master of Film artistic research program at the Netherlands Film Academy. Short films written and directed by Mariia were selected for such festivals as Vancouver IFF, Sarajevo FF, Molodist IFF, VIS Vienna Shorts, Go Short ISFF and more. Mariia's debut as a producer in the documentary field, 'Fragile Memory' film was part of IDFA 2022 Best of Fests programme, while previously receiving Jury Mentions at Krakow FF and DocAviv in addition to a Special Jury Prize at Sarajevo FF. Her first produced fiction short ‘The Diaper Cake’ was selected to such festivals as Palm Springs SFF, Chicago IFF, Short Shorts FF, InterfilmBerlin ISFF, La Guarimba FF, Molodist IFFand keeps travelling the world. Currently, Mariia is working on her fiction first feature 'The Right Answer' (selected for Boost NL programme - HFM/CineMart) and a documentary feature debut as a director 'Nice Ladies' (IDFAcademy 2021).