Culture studies and film studies specialist, art-manager. General
Director at Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Centre (Kyiv,
Ukraine)
One of the leaders of Ukrainian film archive and film restoration
movement. Founder and Director of the “Mute Nights Silent Film and
Contemporary Music Festival” in Odessa, Ukraine.
Publisher of the dvd-collection of Ukrainian silent film classics “Ukrainian Re-Vision” with English and Ukrainian language catalogue and 6 restored silent films with contemporary musical accompaniment (2011). “KOLO DZIGI” film project initiator, dedicated to promote Ukrainian avant-garde silents with contemporary music (10 films restored and newly scored within the project, 2012-2015).
Expert and leader of Ukrainian national film restoration program of Ukrainian film classics (63 films restored at the moment, 2012-2015). “Ukrainian New Wave” – distribution and film screenings of contemporary Ukrainian shorts films, “KULTURFILM” Educational program. The programmer of Ukrainian national film retrospective programs: “Ukraine: The Great Experiment” (2013) and “Multagitprop” (2014) at Pordenone Silent Film Festival (Le Giornate del Cinema Muto), Kira Muratova’s full retrospective program at Rotterdam IFF (2013), Kira Muratova and Roman Balayan retrospectives at Karlovy Vary IFF (2013, 2014, 2015), Ukrainian early animation program at Fest Anca (Žilina, Slovak Republik, 2014), “Odessa in fiamme: occupation/liberation” at Odessa IFF (2015) etc. Jury member of Molodist KIFF (2013), Fest Anca (2014).