Zoya Laktionova
Zoya Laktionova was born in Mariupol in 1984 into a working class family. In 2018, she made her first short documentary, Diorama, about the Sea of Azov that borders her hometown. The film was shown in many European festivals including DOKLeipzig, Ji.Hlava and Cottbus. In 2021, her second short documentary, Territory Of Empty Windows, premiered. Before the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Laktionova worked in Kyiv as an independent artist and documentary filmmaker. She works with themes of war, memory and personal story.
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Territory Of Empty Windows
World War II caused the filmmaker's family to move to Mariupol. The war with Russia and environmental consequences of the plant's operation play a key role in its future.
Diorama
Life flows in its everyday reality, but then suddenly something elusive changes its course. All that is left is the chance to plunge into memories where everything is preserved, as if in a museum. The story of a deserted Ukrainian beach that is currently mined and dangerous due to underwater explosives.
Territory Of Empty Windows
World War II caused the filmmaker's family to move to Mariupol. The war with Russia and environmental consequences of the plant's operation play a key role in its future.
Diorama
Life flows in its everyday reality, but then suddenly something elusive changes its course. All that is left is the chance to plunge into memories where everything is preserved, as if in a museum. The story of a deserted Ukrainian beach that is currently mined and dangerous due to underwater explosives.
