Biography
Zoya Laktionova was born in Mariupol (Ukraine), in a working-class family in 1984. She is a filmmaker and visual artist who uses moving images, photography, and texts in her works. Zoya aims to convey emotions through art metaphors intertwined with the dramatic language of cinema. In her artistic practice, she adopts micro-history, auto-ethnography, and creative storytelling to unfold the complexity of greater events and historical contexts. This often makes it difficult to clearly allocate Zoya's films, which is why they are shown both at film festivals (DOK Leipzig, FID Marseille, Cottbus, etc.) and in art museums such as the Centre Pompidou, Palais de Tokyo in Paris, or the MUMOK in Vienna. Zoya is a recipient of the Harriman Institute Residency at Columbia University '22-23, Civitella Visual Arts Fellow `23-24, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Resident `23-24, Film Independent Global Media Makers Fellow `24, Cite Internationale des Arts resident `24-25.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
We Have Never Met
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2023
We Have Never Met
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2023
We Have Never Met
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2023
We Have Never Met
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2023
We Have Never Met
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2023
Suno
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2022
Suno
Role: Cinematography
MOVIE • 2022
Suno
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2022
Suno
Role: Script
MOVIE • 2022
Remember the Smell of Mariupol
Role: Cinematography
MOVIE • 2022
Remember the Smell of Mariupol
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2022
Remember the Smell of Mariupol
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2022
Territory of Empty Windows
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2020
Territory of Empty Windows
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2020
Lighthouse
Role: Cinematography
MOVIE • 2020
Lighthouse
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2020
Lighthouse
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2020
Diorama
Role: Cinematography
MOVIE • 2018
Diorama
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2018
Ashes Settling In Layers On The Surface
Role: Director
MOVIE • TBA