Laktionova
Director, Editor, Visual artist
June 9, 2026
WORK PRESENTATION: Garden of Names
PEN Ukraine | 14A Lukianivska Street, Kyiv
Premiere of Garden of Names (6 min.), a new video work by Zoya Laktionova created together with SI Process. The film is an artistic act of resistance to occupation through remembrance, with the human being at its center. Created for the 12th anniversary of the seizure of the IZOLYATSIA foundation in Donetsk, with the support of IZOLYATSIA.
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Apr. 22, 2026
PANEL DISCUSSION: Why Don't Lesbian Stories Go Mainstream? | Kyiv
Zoya Laktionova participates in a discussion on the representation of sapphic cinema in mainstream culture. The conversation explores the boundary between visibility and its imitation — who tells these stories, for whom they are told, and why lesbian narratives remain niche despite growing interest in queer film.
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Dec. 3, 2025
The ASHES is among the selected projects for #ESFUF production support
13 projects were supported and received a total amount of 1 525 000 €. Among the supported projects are 6 fiction films, 6 documentaries and 1 animation project.
Russia is a terrorist state
My will is that words that support the Russians should not be spoken on behalf of me, on behalf of my works. Any dialogue will be possible only when Russia stops the war and Mariupol like other occupied cities and territories returns to Ukraine. I consider any attempt to place my name or my works on an equal footing with the Russian ones or in support of the Russians as manipulation and condemn it.