Tetiana Khodakivska | |
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| Born | October 22, 1980 Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Occupation | film director |
Tetiana Khodakivska (born October 22, 1980) is a Ukrainian film director currently based in New York; a member of the European Film Academy, the Ukrainian Film Academy, the Ukrainian Guild of Directors, and the Ukrainian documentary filmmakers' association Babylon'13. Tetiana is a laureate of the Chicago International Film Festival (Gold Plaque) [1] and Ukrainian Film Academy Award "Golden Dzyga". Among Ms. Khodakivska's academic experience are editing master-classes Ukrainian Guild of Directors and lectures in the Harriman Institute of the Columbia University [2]
Tetiana is the director of the mini-series “Angels of War,” which follows the stories of siblings during the Second World War. The film received the Gold Plaque at the Chicago International Film Festival. [3] Among her other projects is a cinéma vérité documentary about mortality “Enticing, Sugary, Boundless or Song and Dances about Life” that was nominated as best documentary at the Ukrainian Film Academy Awards. [4]
Tetiana (Tania) Khodakivska was born on October 22, 1980, in Kyiv, Ukraine, [1] where she later completed her studies in journalism. [5]
Since 2010, Tetiana Khodakivska began specializing in films with visual effects, computer animation, and the use of cutting-edge technologies. She has been living and working in New York since 2015, [1] where she started her career with a documentary project for the United Nations. [6]
In 2016 Tetiana directed a documentary "Enticing, Sugary, Boundless or Songs and Dances about Death". The world premiere of the film took place on October 27, 2017, at the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival. [7] The Ukrainian premiere of the film happened at the Docudays UA, [8] where the film received two special acknowledgments:
The film was nominated for the Ukrainian Film Academy Award "Golden Dzyga" as the "Best Documentary Film". [10]
In 2020, along with Volodymyr Zapriahalov, she became a laureate of the "Golden Dzyga" film award in the "Best Editing" category for the film "Foxter & Max" . [11]
In December 2020, Tetiana Khodakivska was elected to the Council of the Ukrainian Guild of Directors. [12] In May 2021, she became a member of the European Film Academy. [13]
In 2022, she was the author and co-curator of the exhibition "Hi-Resolution: Ukrainian Culture and Contemporary Art Now!" in New York — at the James Gallery of the CUNY Graduate Center. The exhibition showcased 51 works by 40 Ukrainian artists (from the late 1980s to 2022). The co-curators of the exhibition were artists Oleksiy Sai and Mykyta Kadan, along with curators Ksenia Malikh, Kateryna Karl (James Gallery), and Inga Lais (Museum of Modern Art). [14] [15]
During the same year, Tetiana presented Ukrainian artists at the event "Art During War," organized by the Harriman Institute of the Columbia University. [2] [16]