Maryna Vroda

Born on 22 February 1982, in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Maryna graduated from the Kyiv Secondary School No. 113,{{Cite web |last=Gazeta.ua |date=2011-05-23 |title=Марина Врода перемогла в Каннах |url=https://gazeta.ua/articles/culture-newspaper/_marina-vroda-peremogla-v-kannah/383758 |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=Gazeta.ua |language=uk}} and later enrolled at the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University and was awarded a degree in directing,{{Cite web |title=Maryna Vroda |url=https://www.locarnofestival.ch/festival/program/person.html?pid=0d8021ef-b5dc-402a-ac83-6b8ca5a51e9a&eid= |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=Locarno Film Festival |language=en}} in 2007.{{Cite web |title=Maryna Vroda |url=https://www.crew-united.com/en/Maryna-Vroda_678189.html |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=www.crew-united.com}} She went to seminars led by Valery Sivak and Mykhailo Ilyenko.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-05 |title=Maryna Vroda – Stepne |url=https://popupfilmresidency.org/project/maryna-vroda-stepne/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=Pop Up Film Residency |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Maryna Vroda {{!}} IFFR |url=https://iffr.com/en/persons/maryna-vroda |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=iffr.com}}

Maryna collaborated with Sergei Loznitsa after graduating. International cinema festivals in both Eastern and Western Europe have screened her student films in 2008.{{Cite web |title=Maryna Vroda |url=https://www.gorki.de/en/company/maryna-vroda |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=Maryna Vroda {{!}} Gorki |language=en}} She has produced a series of short films including "Forgive" (2003), "The Rain" (2007), "The Oath" (2007), and "Family Portrait" (2009). Her short film Cross-Country took home the 2011 Short Film Palme d'Or at Cannes. Vroda attended the Berlinale Talent Campus in 2010 and the Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg in 2016 to pursue a master's degree. It is her feature debut, "Stepne" (2023).{{Cite web |last=САМУСЕНКО |first=ЮРІЙ |date=2023-08-17 |title='A CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE': WHAT CRITICS ARE WRITING ABOUT MARYNA VRODA'S 'STEPNE' |url=https://donttakefake.com/en/a-cinematic-masterpiece-what-critics-are-writing-about-maryna-vroda-s-stepne/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=donttakefake.com}}

After accepting the Locarno Critics' Prize and Best Director Award, Maryna presented her idea for the film to the Seminci before going in front of the public. According to her, "Stepne" is an emotion that came from the "feeling that she had lost a country," Ukraine, and it is what motivated her to "return home."{{Cite web |last=Villarreal |first=Marina |date=2023-10-21 |title=Maryna Vroda: "Stepne is a feeling" |url=https://www.seminci.com/en/2023/feature-films/maryana-vroda-stepne-is-a-feeling/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=SEMINCI |language=en-GB}} In November 2023, her film "Stepne" takes home the Best Feature award at Scanorama.{{Cite web |last=Abbatescianni |first=Davide |date=2023-11-22 |title=Maryna Vroda's Stepne wins Best Feature at Scanorama |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/453015/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=Cineuropa |language=en}} At Italy's 35th Trieste International Film Festival, Maryna's film "Stepne" won an award. Her debut movie was recognized by the jury for its moving portrayal of a collapsing nation, which skillfully combined sweetness with sincerity to explore themes of suffering and dashed dreams.{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2024-01-31 |title=Trieste International Film Festival honors Maryna Vroda's 'Stepne' movie |url=https://www.weareukraine.info/trieste-international-film-festival-honors-maryna-vrodas-stepne-movie/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=We Are Ukraine |language=uk}}

Maryna declined the Kinoshock film festival award in September 2015 to show her support for Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov, who is imprisoned in Russia.{{Cite web |date=2015-09-21 |title=Марина Врода відмовилася від диплома фестивалю "Кіношок" на знак підтримки Олега Сенцова. Її намагалися арештувати |url=https://detector.media/infospace/article/111411/2015-09-21-maryna-vroda-vidmovylasya-vid-dyploma-festyvalyu-kinoshok-na-znak-pidtrymky-olega-sentsova-ii-namagalysya-areshtuvaty/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=detector.media |language=uk}} She backed an open letter sent in June 2018 to international leaders by lawmakers, human rights advocates, and cultural leaders urging them to stand up for Sentsov and other political prisoners.{{Cite web |date=2018-06-22 |title=An appeal to the representatives of countries who are expected to travel to the World Cup football games in Russia {{!}} openDemocracy |url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/od-russia/open-letter-in-support-of-ukrainian-political-prisoners |access-date=2024-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622084417/https://www.opendemocracy.net/od-russia/open-letter-in-support-of-ukrainian-political-prisoners |archive-date=22 June 2018 }}

Maryna presently splits her time between Berlin and Kyiv. Her grandpa, who was incarcerated by the German troops during the Second World War.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-24 |title=Ukraine, Pre-Invasion: Maryna Vroda on Stepne |url=http://filmint.nu/maryna-vroda-stepne-interview-yun-hua-chen/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=FilmInt.nu |language=en-US}}

On the Day of Ukrainian Cinema, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree (No.465/2023) naming Maryna as the Honored Artist of Ukraine and bestowing state medals to notable cinema professionals.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-08 |title=УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №566/2023 |url=https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/5662023-48045 |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=www.president.gov.ua}}

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