Olha Zhurba

Olha Zhurba is a Ukrainian film director, screenwriter and editor. Her latest feature documentary, the internationally acclaimed Songs of Slow Burning Earth, premiered at the Venice International Film Festival, received numerous international awards, and was nominated for the 38th European Film Awards. For her debut documentary, Outside (2022), Zhurba received the Japan Prize Award of Honor and the Willy Brandt Documentary Film Award. She holds a degree in film directing and an MA in Future of Heritage: Culture, History and Literature, a joint programme of the Ukrainian Catholic University and the University of Nottingham.