Olena Viktorivna Demyanenko is a Ukrainian

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, film producer, and

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. She is a member of the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine, the

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(since 2017) and the

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(since 2018). In 1990 she graduated from the Karpenko-Kary Kyiv Institute of Theater Arts.

Filmography

A selection of films she has directed: * ''

Hutsulka Ksenya ''Hutsulka Ksenya'' () is a 2019 Ukrainian musical film directed by Olena Demyanenko, based on the operetta of the same name by . Plot Set in 1939 with the occupation of Western Ukraine, the Bolsheviks remain several weeks. In Vorokhta comes ...

'' (2019) also producer and writer * ''Moya babusya Fani Kaplan'' / ''My grandmother Fani Kaplan'' (2016) also producer and writer * ''Mayakovskiy. Dva Dnya'' / ''Mayakovsky. Two days'' (8 part TV mini series) (2013) * ''F 63.9 Bolezn Iyubvi'' / ''F63.9 Love sickness'' (2013)

Awards and nominations

Winner - 2020

Awards (Best Screenplay) for ''Hutsuilka Ksenya,'' also nominated for Best Film. 2014

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national competition for ''F 63.9 Bolezn Iyubvi'' 2016 Odesa International Film Festival national competition for ''Moya babusya Fani Kapla''n, which was also nominated for 2017 Ukrainian Film Academy Awards (Best Film, Best Director) She was also nominated in the Ukrainian Film Critics Awards, with Dmitriy Tomashpolskiy, in 2021 (Best Feature Film) for ''Storonniy'' (2019).

References

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