Film director from Odesa region wins an award at the Warsaw Film Festival

Director Kamila Boychenko from the city of Kilia in Odesa region received a Special Award from the Association of Polish Filmmakers as part of the Warsaw Next program of the Industry Days section of the 41st Warsaw Film Festival.

According to the press service of the Ukrainian State Film Agency, the director received the award for her film Black Handkerchief.

The prize is 8,000 Polish zlotys, which is 88,000 hryvnias, or 2,116 US dollars. The film's script tells the story of Lesia, a 45-year-old refugee from Kherson who finds herself and her daughter in a Polish camp for displaced persons. Convinced of her husband's death, she gradually becomes closer to her former friend Maria, a widow who has learned to live without pretense. Their need for support and human intimacy develops into a deeper connection that challenges the usual notions of love and loyalty.

In early October, the jury of the 16th Odesa International Film Festival determined the winners in various nominations, who received this year's Golden Duke diplomas and statuettes. The main prize in the Best European Feature Film category went to Six Days in Spring, directed by Joaquim Lafosse.

In the Development section, the jury awarded two projects at once: Golden Leggings by Arkady Nepytalyuk and Tangled by Ivan Orlenko received 40 thousand hryvnias each . In the Work in Progress section, the main prize of 80 thousand hryvnias went to the film Every Death Reduces Me by Serhiy Bazhenov.

This year's Odesa International Film Festival started on October 24 in Kyiv. The opening ceremony took place at the Parkovy Exhibition and Convention Center. Over the course of 11 days, the audience of the Odesa International Film Festival watched 113 films, including 104 feature films, in 18 programs.

Кирило Бойко