Dr. Yuliia Kovalenko is a film critic and programmer at Docudays UA IHRDFF in Kyiv.
She was a lecturer at the Department of Cultural Studies and Arts History of Odesa National Polytechnic University and at the Department of Fine Arts of Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture. In 2017, she received a PhD degree in Cultural Studies. From 2015 to 2017 she was a program director at the independent movie theatre ‘Inotheatre’ in Odesa, where she held the special program of Ukrainian art cinema ‘We Are Here’. As a film critic, she has publications in Ukrainian and international journals (Korydor, LB.ua, Filmar.online, Cineticle, La Furia Umana etc.). Between 2016 and 2018 she was a co-editor of Cineticle Magazine devoted to art cinema. In 2019 she joined the program department at Docudays UA. In 2022 she co-founded the sloїk film atelier (sloik-film-atelier.com) – an independent Ukrainian film curators union, giving space for underrepresented voices and promoting them internationally. She runs her own blog about art cinema kinotabs.com.
She is a member of Ukrainian Film Critics Union and National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.
She was a lecturer at the Department of Cultural Studies and Arts History of Odesa National Polytechnic University and at the Department of Fine Arts of Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture. In 2017, she received a PhD degree in Cultural Studies. From 2015 to 2017 she was a program director at the independent movie theatre ‘Inotheatre’ in Odesa, where she held the special program of Ukrainian art cinema ‘We Are Here’. As a film critic, she has publications in Ukrainian and international journals (Korydor, LB.ua, Filmar.online, Cineticle, La Furia Umana etc.). Between 2016 and 2018 she was a co-editor of Cineticle Magazine devoted to art cinema. In 2019 she joined the program department at Docudays UA. In 2022 she co-founded the sloїk film atelier (sloik-film-atelier.com) – an independent Ukrainian film curators union, giving space for underrepresented voices and promoting them internationally. She runs her own blog about art cinema kinotabs.com.
She is a member of Ukrainian Film Critics Union and National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.