Writing
Maryna Stepanska
Born January 1, 1982 · Kiev, Ukraine (age 44)
Maryna Stepanska (Kyiv, Ukraine, 1982) is a Ukrainian film director and screenwriter. She graduated from Karpenko-Kary National University of Film, Theatre, and Television (Film Department, specialty: director) in 2004. Further, Stepanska worked at the experimental theatre "School," where she studied the methodology of working with non-actors. She completed a 6-month ARCHIDOC program for documenta…
Known For
Self-Defense · 2016Self-Defense
2016
MovieDocumentary
From its first days, the Euromaidan was guarded by Self-Defense - the volunteers who maintained order and security by working in shifts. Now most of them serve in the National Guard of Ukraine, and the rest have created self-defense squads in cities and villages all over Ukraine and maintain public order. The Odesa Self-Defense revealed a scheme for smuggling fuel via the sea port to the occupied territories of the Donbas.
Falling · 2017Falling
★ 7.62017
MovieDrama
A story about the post-revolutionary generation of young Ukrainian people looking for their place in a modern Ukraine. Two bewildered people meet at a crucial moment in their existence and experience a few days of happiness together.
Holidays · 2013Holidays
2013
MovieDocumentary
Docufiction story of young people from nowhere, a story about anatomy of a break-up and finding yourself.
It’s Not A Full PictureIt’s Not A Full Picture
MovieDocumentary
Russian war changed the lives of Ukrainian filmmakers entirely. Some are at the frontline, some volunteering or trying to take care of their kids, but everybody is reflecting. What is the picture the war reveals?
Wir, Europa · 2021Wir, Europa
2021
MovieAnimation
Animated short film about the book by the French author Laurent Gaudé "Nous, l'Europe. Banquet des Peuples" (Wir Europa. Fest der Völker) what was awarded the European Book Prize in 2019. In a long poem and a language in free verse, between poem and narrative, Gaudé reviews the development of the European idea since the mid-19th century - and defends it with virtuosity. The press described the work as "an ode to the past 150 years of European history".
Forever-Forever · 2024Forever-Forever
★ 6.62024
MovieDrama
A raw portrait of a group of rebellious youth thrust into adulthood too soon, navigating the wreckage of the Soviet regime set in the late 1990s in Kyiv.
Desaturated · 2019Desaturated
★ 7.02019
MovieComedy
A visual comedy about overcoming cliches in cinema and in life. A desaturated girl tries to get her color back, until she meets someone who changes her perception of herself and the world around her.
Lustration · 2016Lustration
2016
MovieDocumentary
Lustration - a story of the struggle of Yehor Soboliev, the 'chief lustrator of the country', to pass the Ukrainian bill on government lustration, and the importance of creating the Lustration Committee.
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