Lada Kopytova

Directing

Lada Kopytova

Known for

Directing

Credits

9 titles

Lada Kopytova is a Ukrainian-born writer, director, creative director, and visual artist based in London.

Known for

DIRT poster
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Following the outbreak of war, an elderly Ukrainian refugee gets stopped by Customs while trying to bring a jar of Ukrainian soil into the UK.

DIRT

2026

Blueprint poster
NR

Aspiring screenwriter, Cass, sits ruminating on her ended relationship with Ezra. Memories overcome her - she guides us through the highs and lows, her internal monologue serving as an apology and a testimony for why things ended the way they did. She confesses to having lost interest once things became too dull and stopped inspiring her writing. The desire for true, raw feeling culminates as she states she wants to get beaten up. Someplace else, Ezra is leaving a voicemail to Cass. As his emotions let loose, he reveals a darker side to Cass’s hunger for inspiration. Unsure of whether anything in their relationship was real, he wishes that him and Cass never met, and urges her to write about her life and back off his. With neither character's monologue reaching their addressee, nothing is resolved, instead painting a complex portrait of the incompatibility of Cass’s tendency to write about what’s happening around her, and Ezra’s unwillingness to simply be a character in her scripts.

Blueprint

2024

Split Ends poster
NR

Nat, a hair academy student, is due to complete her final practical exam. Nat’s hopes of doing well quickly shatter when she meets her model, Eliza… her ex she hasn’t seen since their messy breakup.

Split Ends

2024

Talismans poster
NR

Short artist documentary about London-based mixed-media artist and jewellery maker Klara Fokicheva, exploring her creative process of working with found materials and the influence mud-larking has on her work.

Talismans

2026

Les Deux poster
NR

A love story in a remote Ukrainian village is recounted through a pile of old letters and secret voice recordings.

Les Deux

2021

Behind the camera

DIRT poster
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Following the outbreak of war, an elderly Ukrainian refugee gets stopped by Customs while trying to bring a jar of Ukrainian soil into the UK.

DIRT

2026

DIRT poster
NR

Following the outbreak of war, an elderly Ukrainian refugee gets stopped by Customs while trying to bring a jar of Ukrainian soil into the UK.

DIRT

2026

Blueprint poster
NR

Aspiring screenwriter, Cass, sits ruminating on her ended relationship with Ezra. Memories overcome her - she guides us through the highs and lows, her internal monologue serving as an apology and a testimony for why things ended the way they did. She confesses to having lost interest once things became too dull and stopped inspiring her writing. The desire for true, raw feeling culminates as she states she wants to get beaten up. Someplace else, Ezra is leaving a voicemail to Cass. As his emotions let loose, he reveals a darker side to Cass’s hunger for inspiration. Unsure of whether anything in their relationship was real, he wishes that him and Cass never met, and urges her to write about her life and back off his. With neither character's monologue reaching their addressee, nothing is resolved, instead painting a complex portrait of the incompatibility of Cass’s tendency to write about what’s happening around her, and Ezra’s unwillingness to simply be a character in her scripts.

Blueprint

2024

Blueprint poster
NR

Aspiring screenwriter, Cass, sits ruminating on her ended relationship with Ezra. Memories overcome her - she guides us through the highs and lows, her internal monologue serving as an apology and a testimony for why things ended the way they did. She confesses to having lost interest once things became too dull and stopped inspiring her writing. The desire for true, raw feeling culminates as she states she wants to get beaten up. Someplace else, Ezra is leaving a voicemail to Cass. As his emotions let loose, he reveals a darker side to Cass’s hunger for inspiration. Unsure of whether anything in their relationship was real, he wishes that him and Cass never met, and urges her to write about her life and back off his. With neither character's monologue reaching their addressee, nothing is resolved, instead painting a complex portrait of the incompatibility of Cass’s tendency to write about what’s happening around her, and Ezra’s unwillingness to simply be a character in her scripts.

Blueprint

2024

Split Ends poster
NR

Nat, a hair academy student, is due to complete her final practical exam. Nat’s hopes of doing well quickly shatter when she meets her model, Eliza… her ex she hasn’t seen since their messy breakup.

Split Ends

2024

Talismans poster
NR

Short artist documentary about London-based mixed-media artist and jewellery maker Klara Fokicheva, exploring her creative process of working with found materials and the influence mud-larking has on her work.

Talismans

2026

Talismans poster
NR

Short artist documentary about London-based mixed-media artist and jewellery maker Klara Fokicheva, exploring her creative process of working with found materials and the influence mud-larking has on her work.

Talismans

2026

Les Deux poster
NR

A love story in a remote Ukrainian village is recounted through a pile of old letters and secret voice recordings.

Les Deux

2021

Les Deux poster
NR

A love story in a remote Ukrainian village is recounted through a pile of old letters and secret voice recordings.

Les Deux

2021