
Writing
Bohdana Smyrnova
Known for
Writing
Credits
15 titles
Bohdana Smyrnova is a film writer/director of intimate female driven dramas. With a captive eye for mixed messages, Smyrnova has worked out a meticulous improvisational script development technique that provides actors space to explore and actively engage, which later translates beautifully on-screen in authentic and idiosyncratic portraits. She holds an MFA in film production from NYU (USA) where she was Dean’s Fellow, and a BA from Karpenko-Karyi institute of Theatrical Arts in Ukraine. She is an alumna of presigious Cannes Film Festival Residence and Script East screenwriting lab. Her short films were screened at over 350 events around the world, including Rotterdam IFF, Clermont-Ferrand,…
Known for
6.4A mother gives her daughter a box full of old, coloured little vinyl records. The daughter may listen to them, but she should never, ever, play the green one.
Green Vinyl
2004
5.3A small-scale romantic love story, shot with a digital camera in black & white and in a documentary style. We follow the conversation between two lovers, each on a different side of the world; he is in Recife, she is in Kyiv. On one side is dark, on the other light, but both experience the same emotions and hence feel nearness and contact.
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
2006
NRAfter an unspoken line is crossed, three women are forced to navigate strange passageways and painful secrets.
Outer Space Love Story
2019
NRAn internet prankster documents the increasingly odd behavior of his new roommate, Alan.
Alan at Night
2025
NRProm nears and things seem to be spiraling out of control for the typically composed Isatu. In this coming of age story, West African tradition conflicts with American idealism as Isatu is forced to reassess her idea of the perfect dress.
African Booty Scratcher
2007
NRA young, undocumented mother gets into a risky situation to make a life for herself and her daughter.
Marisol
2019
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
2010s · 2 titles
2000s · 2 titles
5.3A small-scale romantic love story, shot with a digital camera in black & white and in a documentary style. We follow the conversation between two lovers, each on a different side of the world; he is in Recife, she is in Kyiv. On one side is dark, on the other light, but both experience the same emotions and hence feel nearness and contact.
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
2006
NRProm nears and things seem to be spiraling out of control for the typically composed Isatu. In this coming of age story, West African tradition conflicts with American idealism as Isatu is forced to reassess her idea of the perfect dress.
African Booty Scratcher
2007
Behind the camera
6.4A mother gives her daughter a box full of old, coloured little vinyl records. The daughter may listen to them, but she should never, ever, play the green one.
Green Vinyl
2004
5.3A small-scale romantic love story, shot with a digital camera in black & white and in a documentary style. We follow the conversation between two lovers, each on a different side of the world; he is in Recife, she is in Kyiv. On one side is dark, on the other light, but both experience the same emotions and hence feel nearness and contact.
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
2006
7.0Seventeen-year-old Alina is in love with an imposing Frenchman. Suddenly, she loses her sense of humor. But not for long.
Les demarches des papiers
2001
7.0Seventeen-year-old Alina is in love with an imposing Frenchman. Suddenly, she loses her sense of humor. But not for long.
Les demarches des papiers
2001
NRWhen climbing a tree in New York, Polish immigrant Paulina gets a hole in her stockings. Someone's got to stitch it.
Ramona's New Dresser
2008
NR2020 has become the year of empty streets in the city that never sleeps – New York. In spring and summer the parks have become one of the few places where you’re allowed to be during the quarantine. It created or strengthened park subculture. The author used here everyday walks in Sunset Park in Brooklyn to preserved her sanity and create a portrait of mass tragedy and the way it was overcome.
When My Sun Sets
2021
NR2020 has become the year of empty streets in the city that never sleeps – New York. In spring and summer the parks have become one of the few places where you’re allowed to be during the quarantine. It created or strengthened park subculture. The author used here everyday walks in Sunset Park in Brooklyn to preserved her sanity and create a portrait of mass tragedy and the way it was overcome.
When My Sun Sets
2021
NRVira, a forty-year-old Ukrainian immigrant in New York, is preparing for her sister’s funeral. Amongst all her responsibilities, Vira suddenly finds herself falling in love…
Her Seat Is Vacant
2011
NRVira, a forty-year-old Ukrainian immigrant in New York, is preparing for her sister’s funeral. Amongst all her responsibilities, Vira suddenly finds herself falling in love…
Her Seat Is Vacant
2011

