ELENA RUBASHEVSKA

Director, film critic and editor

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Editor-in-Chief of FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics)
Member of the National Filmmakers’ Union (Ukraine)
Member of Arab Cinema Centre Film Critics' comission
Board Member of the Ukrainian Book Institute
Member of the Golden Globes committee

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She worked as a director and screenwriter, creating media content for non-governmental organizations such as WWF, OSCE, and UN, with a special focus on projects related to the East of Ukraine.

Since 2013, she works as a journalist and film critic, writing for various printed and online publications. Author of the series of video lectures dedicated to the history of Ukrainian cinema.

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Winner of multiple grants and scholarships in Ukraine and abroad, including Gaude Polonia (Polish Ministry of Culture Scholarship) and
Presidential Grant for Artists (Ukraine).

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Program coordinator of the OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival.
After the outbreak of war in Ukraine in 2022, she became a part of the EnegraCamerimage International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography (Poland).