Kharchenko Anastasiya

About

Anastasiya Kharchenko was born in Bender, Moldova. She graduated from the Institute of Film and Television of the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts in 2004. While a student, she played a leading role in the biographical film about the Ukrainian artist and avant-garde modern art theorist, Alexander Bogomazov. In the film, she played the wife of Mr. Bogomazov (THE SIGN OF THE DIVINE SPARK, directed by Igor Neduzhko, 2002). In 2004, Anastasiya's final student film received the highest honors. Based on this student film, she wrote an extended screenplay for a documentary about the Ukrainian artist and poet Ulyana Slyusar FIREBIRD. In the same year, she won a scholarship from the President of Ukraine for film production. In 2010, Anastasiya received a certificate for her personal contribution to Ukrainian art and the development of national culture. Her films FIREBIRD, BOZHYCHI (2006), and BEKENDOR (2013) have been exhibited and selected for awards at numerous international film festivals, and Bekendor received eleven awards. Anastasiya has also been a member of several international juries, such as the Cult International Film Festival in Kolkata, Kolkata, India (2016). Drawing was one of her favorite subjects, often turning to painting for inspiration as a writer and director.