Polina Kelm

Directing

Born January 1, 1979

Polina Kelm is a Ukrainian film director and documentary filmmaker. In 2010, she graduated from the Karpenko-Karyi National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television with a degree in film directing. She works as a screenwriter, director, and producer. The film One Step Away From the Holiday from the documentary almanac PozaEuro was selected for screening at the Kraków Film Festival in 2013. The documentary film Positive was shown at festivals such as Docudays, Jihlava IDFF, DOK Leipzig, and HotDocs. In 2014, the film was nominated for Best Documentary by the National Guild of Cinematographers of Ukraine and Best Short Documentary, Silver Eye Award, Jihlava IDFF. She is a member of the Ukrainian Guild of Directors and the Documentary Association of Europe (DAE). In 2021, she organized a laboratory to support Ukrainian documentary filmmakers with their projects in the development stage - UkrDocLab/UkrDocLab. The first session was held with the participation of international tutor Mikael Opstrup and with the support of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.