JULIA SINKEVYCH

Producer (Ukraine)

Biography

Julia Sinkevych is film producer, co-founder and member of Supervisory Board of Ukrainian Film Academy, member of European Film Academy, member of Ukrainian Oscars committee.

Since 2010 till 2020 Julia worked as general producer of Odesa International Film Festival, one of the biggest audience film festivals in Eastern Europe. Besides general management of the festival organization, programming of films and curating parallel section; management of the team and organizational processes, liaisons with international partners

and organizations and the promotion of the festival inside and outside of Ukraine are part of her profession. Working previously for several years for distribution and production company Arthouse Traffic Julia was in charge of festival promotion of the selection of short films “Angry Ukrainians” and feature films produced by the company as well as for promotion of young Ukrainian filmmakers and international cooperation between film industry professionals from Ukraine and abroad. Over the years, she established a network of professional contacts in cultural and audiovisual sectors in Ukraine and abroad.

Julia has also co-produced a documentary film “Close relations” by Vitaliy Mansky (2016) and “Heatsingers” (2019) by Nadia Parfan. Currently Julia is working on feature films “Lucky girl” by Marysia Nikitiuk and “Lesia” by Nana Janelidze.

Julia Sinkevych graduated from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, faculty of law and holds an MA in film production of Kyiv University of Theatre, Film and Television. She was selected to take part in SOFA program (School of film agents, Poland-Germany), completed NIPKOW program.