Tasia Pugach
Production
Biography
Anastasia (Tasia) Pugach is an executive producer, PR, and social media specialist, and press secretary for film and media events. She graduated from Donetsk National University (2008) and has a master's degree in international relations (diploma with honors) and a bachelor's degree (with honors). She studied at PostPlay Theater — School of Fast Drama (2019, class of Anastasiia Kosodii and Maksim Kurochkin). She visited workshops and film markets for documentary filmmakers such as Beldocs Pitching Forum (2023), The Baltic Sea Docs (2023), Sunny Side of the Doc in Nature & Conservation section (2023), CEDOC Market (2023), CUTTING EDGE PITCHING; Documentary Industry Days of Odesa IFF in Gdynia, Poland (2023), Winter Film Market OIFF (2024), EFM (2024), Eurodoc (2024, as a part of the Ukrainian group). Since 2023, she has been the executive director and executive producer of UP UA STUDIO (documentary projects Divia by Dmytro Hreshko, Antarctica: War Diaries, Woman of Ukraine). From September 2023, she has been the Head of Press Service of Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival.
Known For
The film explores the catastrophic influence of Russian invasion on nature in Ukraine. This is a journey from the harmonious life of nature to the fiery whirl of war which burns out the earth, forests and all flesh. As the spring comes, nature revives and brings new life among animals despite the irreversible damage. Yet the tremendous scope of the tragedy deprives us of hope for immediate natural recovery and cleaning of the remains of war.
Divia
The dramatic history of the Kyiv-Kostyantynivka train, with its passengers` unique fates, pain, memories, secrets, hopes, is a history of today Ukraine. Only 12.5 hours away from peaceful Kyiv is Kostyantynivka, a small industrial city in the eastern part of the country, immediately after which the front begins. This entire time people with different characters, social status, political views, and beliefs are traveling on the train side by side. They talk, debate, even quarrel, but speak to each other and go in a common direction. And what`s important, they all want to get to peace. This film is the voice of ordinary people, the search for dialogue and the path to a common future, where everyone’s voice will be heard.
Train “Kyiv-War”
Despite the full scale Russian invasion to Ukraine in 2022, a team of 14 Ukrainian researchers travelled 15,000 km from home to replace another team of researchers at "Vernadsky" station in Antarctica.
Antarctica: War Diaries
It's a kaleidoscope of children's lives, emotions and dreams during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The children will try to survive and overcome the traumas caused by the war by talking through and immersing their memories.