Maryna Er Gorbach
Maryna ER GORBACH is a Ukrainian film director and screenwriter. She graduated from the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary University and the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing, and is a member of the European Film Academy. Her film Klondike (2022) received major awards at Sundance and Berlinale and was Ukraine’s official submission to the Academy Awards. Er Gorbach’s work often explores human vulnerability and moral complexity in times of conflict, expressed through a precise and distinctive cinematic voice.
Filmography
(selection) Love Me (2013, co-dir), Omar and Us (2019, co-dir), Klondike (2022), Rotation (2026, short)
Maryna Er Gorbach at IFFR
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Rotation
Maryna Er Gorbach | 12' | Ukraine | World premiere
“Rotation” is a therapeutic hypnosis ritual experienced by a young Ukrainian woman who shifted from civilian life to military service. -
Black Dogs Barking
Mehmet Bahadır Er, Maryna Er Gorbach | 88' | Turkey | World premiere
A dynamic shooting-style, pitch-perfect written street lingo and a transfixing dog-eat-dog story form the essence of this exciting first feature about