Iryna Tsilyk

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Iryna Tsilyk is a Ukrainian filmmaker and writer, based in Kyiv. She is the director of the award-winning documentary film "The Earth is Blue as an Orange" which won the “Directing Award” at the Sundance Film Festival 2020, as well as numerous other honors. Also, Tsilyk is known for her fiction film "Rock. Paper. Grenade" based on the novel "Who Are You?" by Ukrainian writer Artem Chekh.

Moreover, Iryna Tsilyk is the author of 8 books (poetry, prose, children’s books) published in Ukraine. Many of her poems, short stories and essays have been translated into multiple languages and presented in different international publications, literary festivals and events.

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