Film director Alina Gorlova, who received the «Travel grant for artists» from the Arseniy Yatsenyuk Open Ukraine Foundation took part in the festival CPH: DOX, that took place on March 16-26 in Copenhagen (Denmark).
This festival is one of the largest and most influential documentary film festivals. Now organizers focus their action on the popularization of hybrid and VR-movie, so we can assume SPH: DOX as very actual.
«The competition I participated in was launched by the Tribeca Film Institute. Its aim was to invite 6 projects from Europe, where film directors are women. So I was invited to participate and present the draft of the new feature-length documentary film «Andrii Suleiman», that I'm going to shoot it in Ukraine, in the Donbas region. Although we did not get the main cash prize, it was an invaluable experience of playing for an international jury. Film professionals appreciated our project. I met with well-known producers, directors, and distributors,» - Alina Gorlova said.
In her opinion, she showed a high level of Ukrainian documentary and proved herself as a talented filmmaker within the festival.
For your information:
Alina Gorlova is a film director of documentaries and feature films, film editor. She was born in Ukraine and now she lives here. She received bachelorhood in The Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University. She shoots documentary and fiction films, PSAs, videos. Creates a visual accompaniment for theatrical performances.
In 2016 she presented her feature-length documentary film «Holodnyi Yar. Intro» at the Odessa International Film Festival and «Artdokfesti». Her films were shown at many international film festivals such as «Flying Broom» Turkey, «Nordic film fest NUFF» Sweden, «Salón Internacional de La Luz» Colombia, «Kinolikbez» Russia, «OIFF» Ukraine, «Alpinale» Austria, «Paris Court Devant » France and others. Alina is one of the founders of the film company «Tabor».
The Open Ukraine Foundation provides travel grants for travel costs for Ukrainian artists to exchange artistic experience at the international level and to improve cooperation between Ukrainian and foreign artists. These grants give Ukrainian artists the opportunity to present their achievements around the world.
