Art at War is a series about, well… Art and war. Each episode writer and ArtEZ alumna Lisa Weeda explores what art can do in times of conflict with a special guest. In this episode that guest is Mariia Ponomarova.
Mariia Ponomarova is a Ukrainian film director, producer and artistic researcher based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Mariia studied film directing and screenwriting at Karpenko-Karyi Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television. She graduated with a master’s degree in the Film Artistic Research program of the Netherlands Film Academy.
Her short films were screened during international and national film festivals Go Short ISFF, Sarajevo Film Festival, Vancouver IFF, Molodist IFF, ArtDocFest, Netherlands Film Festival, CineDOC-Tbilisi, VIS Vienna Shorts, Regensburg Short Film Week and many more.
She currently works on the documentary Nice Ladies.
Follow Mariia Ponomarova on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ponomarova/
See if you can find the film Fragile Memory, for which Mariia wrote the screenplay. Check out the teaser: https://youtu.be/jYDt97CqG5Q
