
Zhanna Ozirna
Directing
Biography
Zhanna Ozirna is a director and screenwriter from Ukraine. She has received numerous awards for her short films, including Anna & Gravity (2020), which won the Jury Special Mention for Best Script at the Interfilm Berlin Script Lab, and Bond (2016), recipient of the Best Ukrainian Film Award at 86 IFF. She is a member of the Ukrainian Film Academy and Directors Guild of Ukraine, as well as a Berlinale Talents 2020 alumna. She has been working as a film selector and a program manager with Lviv international short film festival Wiz-Art since 2014 and with International Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival Linoleum since 2019. Honeymoon is her debut feature-length film.
Known For

February 23, 2022, a small town near Kyiv. Taras (35) and Olia (32) spend the first night in their new apartment. At dawn, they wake up from the explosions. They fail to leave the town on time, meanwhile, the Russian troops arrange headquarters in their building. The couple finds themselves trapped in their flat with no electricity, water, and mobile connection. For the next 5 days, Taras and Olia will explore the black abyss of real intimacy between two people and face crucial existential questions in mortal danger.
Honeymoon

In the wild steppes of southern Ukraine, a young nature researcher named Yura is looking for an endangered species of groundhog but instead witnesses a crime. Eager to expose the truth, Yura takes his photo evidence to the local newspaper's editorial office. However, he quickly realizes that nobody there cares about pursuing justice. While a big war is looming over the horizon, Yura's naive worldview is splintering in a storm of fake news, rigged political elections, and mysterious cult rituals. On his quest, the hero is about to find out who he really is-an endangered species of a good man or just a loser?
The Editorial Office

Bohdan is turning 18 today and his dad gives him his old Lada car as a birthday present. His buddies from the trade school come visit him in the garage to check out the car. But a simple birthday takes an unexpected turn that forces Bohdan to stand his ground.
The Adult

Your family can accept your otherness. But can you accept the normality of your family? Your family can accept that you are not like others. But could you accept that your family is normal? Its the story of one coming out that has lasted for a year.
Bond

Marina is writing her doctoral dissertation on the phenomenon of mono-industrial cities — settlements built to serve the needs of a single, large enterprise. But the cold-blooded researcher doesn’t even suspect that she herself could be easily swallowed up by the very subject of her study.
Ground Zero

Explosion of the condensed milk on the kitchen stove - seems to be the worst thing that can happen. Even those who are responsible for its consequences don't know what will be next. A small crash in a small apartment can be an occasion for something more.
Condensed

Year 2016 - Decommunisation is spreading across Ukraine. In the Lviv region, in the very heart of Bandera's territory, there is the town of Chervonohrad, famous for being the first Soviet place where a statue of Lenin was torn down. However, even 26 years later, there is a heated debate between the proponents of different ideologies. We see the opposite poles of Ukrainian society in front of us: a choir of the Russian community named The Living Memory, and a singing couple of OUN-URA nationalists called the Undefeated. What they have in common is the Chervonohrad People's House. The story is about the deep, implicit processes which actually stand behind the torn-down monuments, and about the way two parallel universes collide in the Chervonohrad People's House.
Alive and Undefeated

The military conflict forces Ihor to move to another city in peaceful territory. Here he finds hope for a relationship and a new life. But it is not so easy to escape from war.
Encounter
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Intimate Scene

A young girl is looking for a change. But an old winter city can only offer the divine.
Grace

Working on his screenplay about two guys admitting their feelings for each other, a film directing major from Kyiv, Lyonya, asks his classmate Andriy, with whom he's secretly in love, to help with the script editing.
The Story

A girl is riding her bike to her first job interview. Suddenly, she has an accident on the road...
First Interview

Two girls in a Lviv apartment start a casual conversation about their common future. In the midst of the traditional Ukrainian life remnants, the usual dreams about the future stumble upon the unbreakable social norms and customs. The things that are private for most people the others have to fight for against society. Surrounded by regular scenery while dealing with the usual household tasks, the sincere conversation turns into a global question: can we afford freedom at least in our private lives, without having to substitute it with pets?