Olha Zhurba (Ukraine)

Olha Zhurba works as director and editor of documentary and fiction films, commercials and music videos. She graduated from the Kyiv National I. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University with a major in feature documentary directing. After graduating from the university in 2010, she took up the position of a creator and editor of movie trailers at promotion departments of major ukrainian TV channels. In 2013, she moved into the field of commercial production. In this period, she successfully shot a number of creative commercials, and one of them won awards at major international marketing festivals (PromaxBDA and the EYES & EARS Awards). After 2014, Olha started her first film, a long-term documentary project OUTSIDE. She also started to work as an editor and editing consultant. Such films as HOME GAMES by Alisa Kovalenko and THIS RAIN WILL NEVER STOP by Alina Gorlova, where Olha was the editor, earned international recognition and a number of awards at prestigious festivals. In 2017, Olha was gaining additional experience in writing film scripts; the first one, a short fiction script DAD’S SNEAKERS, was supported by the Ukrainian State Film Agency and is now at the stage of post-production. Her full-length fiction script YOU DON’T KNOW ME is at the development stage, supported by the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.