Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk
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March 23, 1983
- Film director
- film producer
- screenwriter
Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk | |
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| Born | Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk March 23, 1983 |
| Alma mater | Chernivtsi University |
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| Years active | 2008–present |
Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk (Ukrainian: Дмитро Михайлович Сухолиткий-Собчук; born March 23, 1983) is a Ukrainian author, film director and writer.
Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk's feature-length debut film was Pamfir (2022), which had its world premiere at the Cannes film festival.[1] The film was nominated for the Discovery of the Year Prize of the EFA[2] and received over 30 awards, screening at more than 70 film festivals. His short films were selected for such prestigious film festivals as Sundance Film Festival, DOC NYC, IDFA, Toronto International Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films and others.
He is a member of the Ukrainian (from 2017) and European (from 2018) film academies,[3] founder and organiser of the Terrarium script development platform.[4]
He was born on March 23, 1983, in Uman, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. His family originates from the Ivano-Frankivsk region.[5][6] Graduated from the Chernivtsi Polytechnical college with a degree in architecture. Received a bachelor's degree at the philosophy and theological faculty of the National University of Chernivtsi.[5] Studied in a journalism school and later worked as a cameraman and editor for several local and national TV channels, as well as a poster artist for a cinema in Chernivtsi.[5][7][8]
In 2013, he graduated from the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University as a film director (Mykhailo Illienko workshop). Participated in a number of national and international film festivals with his student short films. Won a screenplay competition in 2011, was a participant of the Berlinale Talent Campus (2013), received a Gaude Polonia scholarship (2015, 2017).[7]
Career
Student works
During his studies, Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk directed several fiction short films. Adolescence (Ukrainian: «Отроцтво»), his first-year project, received attention at film festivals and garnered awards.[9] Roots. DREAMS. (Ukrainian: «Коріння. СНИ.») is based on Hryhir Tyutyunnyk's short story "Wild."[7] The Beard (Ukrainian: «Борода»), his bachelor's graduation film, was included in the omnibus Ukraine, Goodbye! alongside works by Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi and Volodymyr Tykhyi.[5][10] Krasna Malanka (Ukrainian: «Красна Маланка»), a medium-length documentary, depicts the Malanka carnival celebrated by ethnic Romanians in Krasna, influencing his later feature debut Pamfir.[11][12]
Weightlifter
The film Weightlifter won the Grand Prix at the Warsaw International Film Festival in 2020 and received an Oscar qualification. It was also nominated for the best short film award of the European Film Academy at the Drama International Short Film Festival in Greece.[4][13]
Pamfir
Pamfir marked Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk's feature-length fiction debut. It premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight section.[14][15]
Liturgy of Anti-Tank Obstacles
After his feature debut, Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk directed a short documentary focusing on Ukrainians who temporarily changed professions to support the country's war efforts against Russia. Funded by The New Yorker, the film documents the personal and collective impact of the conflict.[16][17] The film had its world premiere on August 13, 2022, at the Sarajevo Film Festival, opening the festival's documentary program.[16][17] It was subsequently selected for over 70 international film festivals, including IDFA, Toronto International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, DOC NYC, and Clermont-Ferrand ISFF.[18]
Civic position
In 2018, he supported the appeal of the European Film Academy in defence of Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov, who was imprisoned in Russia.
He made a number of statements to draw attention to the fate of Maksym Butkevych, an activist, soldier, and eventually a prisoner in the so-called LPR. In particular, the flag with his portrait on it accompanied the director during the European Film Awards ceremony.
