Mariia Ponomarova

Ukraine

Mariia Ponomarova

director, producer

Mariia Ponomarova (1991, Kyiv) is a Ukrainian film director, screenwriter and creative producer based in Amsterdam. She studied film directing at Karpenko-Karyi Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television and graduated from the Master of Film programme of the Netherlands Film Academy. Short fiction and documentary films written and directed by Mariia were selected for such festivals as DokLeipzig, Sheffield DocFest, Sarajevo FF, Chicago IFF, Vancouver IFF, VIS Vienna Shorts, GoShort ISFF, Molodist IFF, Netherlands FF and more. Her projects as a creative producer received numerous prizes and were screened, among others, at IDFA, Palm Springs ISFF, Clermont-Ferrand ISFF, Krakow Film Festival, Docudays UA IHRFF, Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia. Mariia is a member of the Ukrainian Film Academy and a Senior Consultant at the Documentary Association of Europe.
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