Directing
Yelyzaveta Toptyhina
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Directing
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Yelyzaveta Toptyhina (Єлизавета Топтигіна) is a Ukrainian film director, screenwriter and visual artist. Originally from Odesa region, based in Kyiv. Yelyzaveta graduated from the directing department at the Kyiv National Karpenko-Kary University of Theater, Cinema and Television. She is an alumna of Sarajevo Talents 2026. Working across fiction and hybrid forms, as well as commercials, her work explores emotional connections between characters, infused with warm irony in both storytelling and imagery. In 2025, her short film “Curfew” had its international premiere at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival. The film won the Audience Choice Award at the Wiz-Art IFF and was nominated for the Europea…
Known for
NRA few years ago, the young mother Vira went abroad in search of a better life, leaving her little son under the care of her grandmother. Today, she returns home, where her relatives don't expect to see her.
Fish
2024
NRDuring an expedition, a young photographer miscalculates the time and misses her ride back to the city. At a bus stop, she meets a young man celebrating his birthday. With curfew approaching, the two strangers are forced to spend the night together at a roadside hotel.
Curfew
2026
Behind the camera
NRA few years ago, the young mother Vira went abroad in search of a better life, leaving her little son under the care of her grandmother. Today, she returns home, where her relatives don't expect to see her.
Fish
2024
NRA few years ago, the young mother Vira went abroad in search of a better life, leaving her little son under the care of her grandmother. Today, she returns home, where her relatives don't expect to see her.
Fish
2024
NRA few years ago, the young mother Vira went abroad in search of a better life, leaving her little son under the care of her grandmother. Today, she returns home, where her relatives don't expect to see her.
Fish
2024
NRDuring an expedition, a young photographer miscalculates the time and misses her ride back to the city. At a bus stop, she meets a young man celebrating his birthday. With curfew approaching, the two strangers are forced to spend the night together at a roadside hotel.
Curfew
2026
NRDuring an expedition, a young photographer miscalculates the time and misses her ride back to the city. At a bus stop, she meets a young man celebrating his birthday. With curfew approaching, the two strangers are forced to spend the night together at a roadside hotel.
Curfew
2026