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Darya Zhuk

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Darya Zhuk

Born April 26, 1980 · Minsk, Belarus (age 46)

Belarus-born award-winning film director Darya Zhuk has been obsessing over filmmaking long enough to see her short films selected at SXSW, Tarkovsky, Oaxaca, Atlanta, Palm Springs, Koroche, Santa Fe Independent film festivals, to name a few. She is a graduate of Columbia University MFA program in Directing. Darya lives and creates between Minsk and Brooklyn. In 2015, she won the best female write…

Known For

What Doesn't Kill YouWhat Doesn't Kill You · 2015
What Doesn't Kill You
★ 7.02015
MovieComedyDrama
After a rare diagnosis, Lily's attempts to flee from war torn Israel are thwarted when the airport shuts down and her zany cousin forces her to party.
Crystal SwanCrystal Swan · 2018
Crystal Swan
★ 6.72018
MovieDrama
Minsk, Belarus, 1996. Velya, an aspiring DJ, wants to move to Chicago to make her dreams come true, but bureaucracy, a phone line and the human condition will put obstacles in her way that will be difficult to avoid.
The Air Inside HerThe Air Inside Her · 2011
The Air Inside Her
★ 6.02011
MovieDrama
When six year-old Katya explores the experience of death, she discovers life like she has never seen before.
The Long BreakupThe Long Breakup · 2020
The Long Breakup
★ 6.02020
MovieDocumentaryHistory
Ukrainian journalist Katya Soldak, currently living in New York City and working for Forbes magazine, chronicles Ukraine's history: its strong ties to Russia for centuries; how it broke away from the USSR and began to walk alone; the Orange Revolution, the Maidan Revolution, the Crimea annexation, the Donbass War; all through the eyes of her family and friends settled in Kharkiv, a large Ukrainian city located just eighteen miles from the Russian border.
The Real AmericanThe Real American · 2015
The Real American
★ 8.02015
MovieDramaComedy
Russian exchange student Alya struggles to fit into what it means to be an American teenage girl in 1994 when she realizes her host father has a crush on her.
A Film about Anna AkhmatovaA Film about Anna Akhmatova · 2008
A Film about Anna Akhmatova
2008
Movie
A Film about Anna Akhmatova is not a biopic. Rather, it is a live process of recreating a story akin to ancient tragedy. Before the viewer's eyes it emerges from archival and modern footage, unique sound recordings of Akhmatova's voice, her poems and photographs, and the many paintings and portraits of her, with the commentary of the poet Anatoly Naiman, who knew Akhmatova in her last years.
WaxWax · 2013
Wax
★ 5.02013
MovieDramaRomance
In an attempt to break away from her religious upbringing, a young Jewish woman sets up an Internet date. The cruelty of casual sex triggers a painful obsession that this fragile character must overcome.
Eat the TouristsEat the Tourists · 2014
Eat the Tourists
★ 7.02014
MovieComedy
When unsuspecting tourist hooks up with a local girl, he finds himself trapped in a love triangle.

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