Maryna Stepanska

Writing

Maryna Stepanska

Born

1982-01-01 (44)

Place of birth

Kiev, Ukraine

Known for

Writing

Credits

15 titles

Maryna Stepanska (Kyiv, Ukraine, 1982) is a Ukrainian film director and screenwriter. She graduated from Karpenko-Kary National University of Film, Theatre, and Television (Film Department, specialty: director) in 2004. Further, Stepanska worked at the experimental theatre "School," where she studied the methodology of working with non-actors. She completed a 6-month ARCHIDOC program for documentary filmmakers at the French film and television school La Femis. Her feature debut, "Falling," received several awards at international film festivals and three awards of the National "Golden Dzyga" in 2017-18. She is a co-writer of a few feature films; the last one is "Forever-Forever," directed b…

Known for

Forever-Forever poster
6.4

A raw portrait of a group of rebellious youth thrust into adulthood too soon, navigating the wreckage of the Soviet regime set in the late 1990s in Kyiv.

Forever-Forever

2024

No artwork available
NR

Kai is going through a midlife crisis: he no longer loves his wife, has lost interest in his business and dreams of becoming a writer, while failing to notice that his youngest son is seriously ill. In 2014, as the Russian-Ukrainian war breaks out, Kai becomes a volunteer in eastern Ukraine.

Kai

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Wir, Europa poster
NR

Animated short film about the book by the French author Laurent Gaudé "Nous, l'Europe. Banquet des Peuples" (Wir Europa. Fest der Völker) what was awarded the European Book Prize in 2019. In a long poem and a language in free verse, between poem and narrative, Gaudé reviews the development of the European idea since the mid-19th century - and defends it with virtuosity. The press described the work as "an ode to the past 150 years of European history".

Wir, Europa

2021

It’s Not A Full Picture poster
NR

Russian war changed the lives of Ukrainian filmmakers entirely. Some are at the frontline, some volunteering or trying to take care of their kids, but everybody is reflecting. What is the picture the war reveals?

It’s Not A Full Picture

—

Falling poster
7.6

A story about the post-revolutionary generation of young Ukrainian people looking for their place in a modern Ukraine. Two bewildered people meet at a crucial moment in their existence and experience a few days of happiness together.

Falling

2017

Holidays poster
NR

Docufiction story of young people from nowhere, a story about anatomy of a break-up and finding yourself.

Holidays

2013

Behind the camera

Forever-Forever poster
6.4

A raw portrait of a group of rebellious youth thrust into adulthood too soon, navigating the wreckage of the Soviet regime set in the late 1990s in Kyiv.

Forever-Forever

2024

No artwork available
NR

Kai is going through a midlife crisis: he no longer loves his wife, has lost interest in his business and dreams of becoming a writer, while failing to notice that his youngest son is seriously ill. In 2014, as the Russian-Ukrainian war breaks out, Kai becomes a volunteer in eastern Ukraine.

Kai

—

Wir, Europa poster
NR

Animated short film about the book by the French author Laurent Gaudé "Nous, l'Europe. Banquet des Peuples" (Wir Europa. Fest der Völker) what was awarded the European Book Prize in 2019. In a long poem and a language in free verse, between poem and narrative, Gaudé reviews the development of the European idea since the mid-19th century - and defends it with virtuosity. The press described the work as "an ode to the past 150 years of European history".

Wir, Europa

2021

It’s Not A Full Picture poster
NR

Russian war changed the lives of Ukrainian filmmakers entirely. Some are at the frontline, some volunteering or trying to take care of their kids, but everybody is reflecting. What is the picture the war reveals?

It’s Not A Full Picture

—

Falling poster
7.6

A story about the post-revolutionary generation of young Ukrainian people looking for their place in a modern Ukraine. Two bewildered people meet at a crucial moment in their existence and experience a few days of happiness together.

Falling

2017

Falling poster
7.6

A story about the post-revolutionary generation of young Ukrainian people looking for their place in a modern Ukraine. Two bewildered people meet at a crucial moment in their existence and experience a few days of happiness together.

Falling

2017

Holidays poster
NR

Docufiction story of young people from nowhere, a story about anatomy of a break-up and finding yourself.

Holidays

2013

Holidays poster
NR

Docufiction story of young people from nowhere, a story about anatomy of a break-up and finding yourself.

Holidays

2013

Holidays poster
NR

Docufiction story of young people from nowhere, a story about anatomy of a break-up and finding yourself.

Holidays

2013

Desaturated poster
7.0

A visual comedy about overcoming cliches in cinema and in life. A desaturated girl tries to get her color back, until she meets someone who changes her perception of herself and the world around her.

Desaturated

2019

Desaturated poster
7.0

A visual comedy about overcoming cliches in cinema and in life. A desaturated girl tries to get her color back, until she meets someone who changes her perception of herself and the world around her.

Desaturated

2019

Man's Work poster
NR

The 37-year-old man is working for a Corporation, which is engaged in illegal occupation of rural land. Leaving for another "object", he discovers a huge unfinished cathedral at the infinite field. He needs to decide what to do with the cathedral, as well as to subdue a farmer who rightfully owns the land.

Man's Work

2015

Man's Work poster
NR

The 37-year-old man is working for a Corporation, which is engaged in illegal occupation of rural land. Leaving for another "object", he discovers a huge unfinished cathedral at the infinite field. He needs to decide what to do with the cathedral, as well as to subdue a farmer who rightfully owns the land.

Man's Work

2015

Man's Work poster
NR

The 37-year-old man is working for a Corporation, which is engaged in illegal occupation of rural land. Leaving for another "object", he discovers a huge unfinished cathedral at the infinite field. He needs to decide what to do with the cathedral, as well as to subdue a farmer who rightfully owns the land.

Man's Work

2015

Violoncello poster
NR

A man and a woman meet during a calm autumn day in the middle of Crimean field. By the end of their journey we realize that their meeting was destined.

Violoncello

2014