Iryna Tsilyk


Iryna Tsilyk is Ukrainian filmmaker and writer, the member of Ukrainian PEN International. The winner of the “Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary” for the film "The Earth Is Blue as an Orange" at 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

Biography and career

Iryna Tsilyk was born in Kyiv. Graduated from Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinematography and Television named by Karpenko-Karyy summa cum laude. She used to work as 1st AD in advertising production and she works as director in a film industry now.
Moreover, Tsilyk is the author of several books. Some of her works have been translated into English, German, French, Polish, Lithuanian, Czech, Romanian, Catalan, Swedish; were presented at different international literary festivals and events, such as "Poesiefestival Berlin" 2017, Leipzig Book Fair 2017, Frankfurt Book Fair 2016, „Lyrik für Alle“, Vilnius Book Fair 2016, “Meridian Czernowitz”, Author’s Reading Month, Vilenica International literary festival and others.
Iryna lives in Kyiv together with her husband writer Artem Chekh and their 10 y.o. son.

Films

Poetry