art filmmaker
Marichka Lukianchuk (b. 1997) is a Ukrainian film director, editor, and writer. In 2021, she graduated from the Interdisciplinary Arts program at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands) with the short film Past Future Mountain, shot in the Carpathian Mountains in collaboration with a Hutsul community. After the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine, Marichka moved from Kyiv to Berlin, where she participated in a residency at the Harun Farocki Institut and created the medium-length film Between Before and After, exploring the psychological and cultural impact of war.
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In 2025, she completed the short performative film "97", which reflects on the uncontrollability of death and love. She is currently developing several projects: ENEMY — a short performative musical film in which two women on the brink of starvation enter a physical conflict that leads to an act of self-destruction as a form of rebirth, where only the memory of love carries weight; NOVYNA (co-directed with Anna Mrachkovska) — a short film about a 19th-century peasant woman confronted with famine and despair; and Birds Sing Underwater — a feature film set during the Holodomor, currently in the script development stage.
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Marichka’s short films have been screened at international festivals. Working in a mythopoetic language, she explores social issues, collective memory, and the intersections of Ukrainian identity, history, and culture. She considers cinema a space where different art forms merge — performance, dance, theatricality, and poetry.
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As an editor, she has collaborated with Costa Compagnie (Kharkiv Calling), Berlin Story Bunker, Goethe-Institut, and Untitled Tbilisi / In the Mountains Festival, among others. Marichka also teaches film and stop-motion animation to young people and develops cultural and educational projects.
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In March 2026, Marichka returned to Kyiv to continue her artistic practice, bringing experience gained over recent years and contributing to the local cultural scene.
