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Film director and philosopher
Country of origin
Ukraine

Polina Kundirenko (*1997) studies film directing at the Babelsberg Konrad Wolf Film University, but also works on short films. She previously completed her studies at the National Taras Shevchenko University in Kyiv with a Bachelor of Philosophy. Her main interest is fictional film, especially surrealist cinema. She worked for the Molodist Festival Kyiv and was a member of the ecumenical jury at the Short Film Festival Oberhausen in 2020.

Current issues

Peter Paul Huth comments favourably on the 2026 Venice Film Festival awards ceremony, highlighting in particular the Golden Lion winner, “Kvinde Ukendt” (Unknown Woman) by May el-Toukhy, and “Un bon petit soldat” by Stéphane Brizé, which won the award for Best Screenplay and the INTERFILM Jury Prize.
Alex Gibney’s documentary *Musk* portrays a ‘hero of capitalism’, whilst Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s *DAU* evokes the victims of Stalinism.

Events

16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin

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