Zhanna Ozirna
Biography
Zhanna Ozirna is a director and screenwriter from Ukraine. She has received numerous awards for her short films, including Anna & Gravity (2020), which won the Jury Special Mention for Best Script at the Interfilm Berlin Script Lab, and Bond (2016), recipient of the Best Ukrainian Film Award at 86 IFF. She is a member of the Ukrainian Film Academy and Directors Guild of Ukraine, as well as a Berlinale Talents 2020 alumna. She has been working as a film selector and a program manager with Lviv international short film festival Wiz-Art since 2014 and with International Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival Linoleum since 2019. Honeymoon is her debut feature-length film.
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Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Lera
In the wild steppes of southern Ukraine, a young nature researcher named Yura is looking for an endangered species of groundhog but instead witnesses a crime. Eager to expose the truth, Yura takes his photo evidence to the local newspaper's editorial office. However, he quickly realizes that nobody there cares about pursuing justice. While a big war is looming over the horizon, Yura's naive worldview is splintering in a storm of fake news, rigged political elections, and mysterious cult rituals. On his quest, the hero is about to find out who he really is-an endangered species of a good man or just a loser?
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • as Self
Two girls in a Lviv apartment start a casual conversation about their common future. In the midst of the traditional Ukrainian life remnants, the usual dreams about the future stumble upon the unbreakable social norms and customs. The things that are private for most people the others have to fight for against society. Surrounded by regular scenery while dealing with the usual household tasks, the sincere conversation turns into a global question: can we afford freedom at least in our private lives, without having to substitute it with pets?