Ihor Podolchak

Podolchak was born in Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR (now Ukraine). He graduated from Lviv Academy of Fine Arts (then Lviv State Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts) with distinction in 1984. From 1984 to 1985 he served in the Soviet Border Troops on the Soviet-Polish border. From 1985 to 1986 he worked in the Art Fund of the Union of Artists of Ukraine. Since 1986, he has been a free artist and curator of contemporary art. He has also been a participant and laureate of numerous international exhibitions, organized and held in various international exhibitions across Ukraine, Russia, the US, and Norway. After completing his military service, he founded Production Center ltd, a company engaged in film production, creating series projects for Ukrainian and Russian TV channels. After establishing the Masoch Fund, together with Igor Durich, he actively conducted various artistic projects in Ukraine, Russia, Poland and in Germany. Since 1997, he has been engaged in the integrated design of the visual-image components of political election campaigns in both Ukraine and Russia. Since 2006, he has written, scripted, shot, and produced movies such as: Las Meninas – 2008, full length, Ukraine Delirium – 2013, full length, Ukraine, Czech Republic Merry-Go-Round – 2017, short length, Ukraine, Poland

Both Podolchak's films have common characteristic features: departure from narrative, anthropology of enclosed worlds, elaborated composition of frame, unusual shooting angles. The spaces of Las Meninas and Delirium are similarly dense, difficult for movement, tiresome both for the characters moving within them and the viewers watching them. This reflects the time of "the end of history" with its somnambulism, impotence, morbidity and hopelessness.

Las Meninas is Podolchak's debut full-length film. He wrote, directed and produced it. The film had a world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in the competition program on January 25, 2008. Overall, it has participated in 27 international film festivals, including 10 competition programs.

Delirium is Podolchak's second full-length feature. Its script is based on the story Inductor by the Ukrainian writer and journalist Dmytro Belyanskyi. The film's production lasted during 2008–2010. For the first time fragments of the film were demonstrated in 2012 on the 45th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the program Films in production. New full-length films from Central and Eastern Europe. After the prerelease screenings, Ukrainian film critics compared the second film of Podolchak to the works of Alain Robbe-Grillet, Pedro Costa and Nikos Nikolaidis. Position 5 in Top-10 Ukrainian films of 2012 by "Афіша@Mail.Ru".

The first short length film (2017. Ukraine, Poland. 5 min). It was premiered at Revelation Perth International Film Festival on July 9, 2017 and was nominated for the Best Ukrainian Short Film at Odesa International Film Festival.

2017 "Best Ukrainian short film", Odesa International Film Festival 2013 "National Prize", Odesa International Film Festival 2013 "Best Director" Director's Week Competition, Fantasporto, Oporto International Film Festival, Porto 2009 "Prize", Trieste Film Festival 2008 "Tiger", 37th International Film Festival Rotterdam 2008 "Prize FIPRESCI", 7th Transilvania International Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca 2008 "Prize", 16th Artfilm International Film Festival, Slovakia