Mariia Ponomarova

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Mariia Ponomarova

Born May 9, 1991 · Kyiv, Ukraine (age 35)

Mariia Ponomarova was born and raised in Kyiv, Ukraine. She is a film director, scriptwriter, producer and artistic researcher based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She has worked in both documentary and fiction as a director and 1st AD. Mariia participated in the documentarists movement "Babylon'13 - cinema of civil protest" during the revolution in Ukraine. She studied film directing and screenw…

Known For

The Diaper CakeThe Diaper Cake · 2021
The Diaper Cake
5.22021
MovieDrama
Lena and Vitya, both in their early 20s, are two kids who now have a kid of their own. In the postnatal hospital room, like in limbo, their first team project is to wake their son for a feed. As the new parents repeatedly fail, they have to deal with the irreversible changes in their lives and with each other. Meanwhile, the diaper cake silently sits in the room, like a time bomb.
Nice LadiesNice Ladies · 2024
Nice Ladies
7.82024
MovieDocumentary
A team of aging Ukrainian cheerleaders prepares to compete for the European championship. When the war escalates, the members are separated. Will the sisterhood be able to reunite amidst the emerging scars of war?
May 9thMay 9th · 2015
May 9th
2015
MovieDocumentary
My birthday is the brightest day of a year. My birthday always starts at the cemetery.
Family HourFamily Hour · 2018
Family Hour
2018
MovieDrama
Post-Soviet summer camp near Kyiv. Danya (16) prepares a special performance for the visit of his father, who is not living with him for a long time. However, Danya's father arrives earlier than expected and comes to the camp not alone.
Good BoyGood Boy · 2021
Good Boy
2021
MovieDrama
Business analyst Andriy, loaded with his work affairs and responsibilities, takes care of his father's post surgery rehabilitation. Trying to be in several places at the same time and worrying about the needs of others, Andrew forgets about his own.
Self-DefenseSelf-Defense · 2014
Self-Defense
2014
MovieDocumentary
The fifth film in the series of documentaries "Winter that changed us". What is self-defense, directors Konstantin Klyatskin and Maria Ponomareva undertook to explain. Participants of the protests will remember how the Maidan self-defense arose. One of the heroes of the film is Thomas from the group "Mandri", who, being an active participant in Euromaidan, participated in the delight of the Ministry of Culture. The fact that people had to physically defend themselves, defending themselves from their own power, director Konstantin Klyatskin calls a phenomenon that is difficult to fit in the head...
Three Windows on South WestThree Windows on South West · 2023
Three Windows on South West
2023
MovieDocumentary
Starting from a picture of her apartment in Kyiv, filmmaker Mariia Ponomarova remembers the life she has lived there. In three conversations with her mother and her friends, they reminisce about sleepovers, the view from the window and drunken nights on the rooftop. Through these memories, she begins to reclaim the image of her home.
Fragile MemoryFragile Memory · 2022
Fragile Memory
8.02022
MovieDocumentary
A young filmmaker Ihor finds a hidden and unpublished photo archive of his grandfather Leonid Burlaka, a famous Soviet cinematographer. Discovering a man that he never knew well enough through the damaged pictures, he gets closer to his dementing grandpa, facing the tension between memory and forgetting.

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