
Adelina Borets
Directing
Biography
Adelina Borets is a director, screenwriter, and dancer, as well as a laureate of the Sergei Parajanov Award and a recipient of the Gaude Polonia Scholarship from the Polish Minister of Culture. Born in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, she holds a directing degree from the Warsaw Film School, the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice, and has completed the Script course at the Wajda School. Adelina is the founder and director of NGO STROOM, a creative organization producing films and documentary shorts. She is also an alumna of Esodoc 2022, Ekran+ 2022, and Film Independent 2024.
Known For

A gripping story about a man who was the terror of the Russian Empire: the legendary figure of a Polish priest, chaplain and general - Father Stanislaw Brzoska.
Powstaniec 1863

The world is devastated by an ecological catastrophe. An old mercenary with a lung disease receives a seemingly simple assignment to deliver a young girl to a destination that would enable him to retire.
Winter Bloom

Based on a true story, a film about teenage Luka who goes to a religious rehab centre led by a self-proclaimed priest, Antonio. The despotic regime enforced with moral and physical torture make him realise that escape is the only way to survive.
Eden House

When greedy property developers attempt to force the feisty 67-year-old Natalia off her small plot of land – a garden oasis in the midst of an apartment complex in Kyiv – she fights back, refusing to be defeated. When her entire country is subsequently invaded by ruthless land-grabbing individuals, her rebellious fight only grows stronger in spirit.
Flowers of Ukraine

Stepan regularly adopts old dogs from the shelter, who spend their last days beside him and die peacefully. It's his own way of coming to terms with the end of his life. He dreams die peacefully in old age during the war in Ukraine. But peace is a privilege stolen by the young boy Gogo. What happens when two enemies of different ages but equally lonely meet at the cemetery at night?
Beware of a Good Dog

The film about choices and values, it shows the village of Mali Klischi, which has existed since 1790. In 1972, there were 200 houses and 530 inhabitants. Residents of the village have been displaced due to radioactive contamination. The Regional Council removed the village from the register on June 21, 1991. Today, only two inhabitants remain in what used to be the village of Mali Klischi. The Leading characters of the film are a mother and son - Nina (79 y.o.) and Alexander ( 62 y.o.). There is a great misunderstanding between them, despite the fact that they live together for many years. In order to remain in their houses they have paid the highest price - loneliness.