Laktionova
Director, Editor, Visual artist
Apr. 22, 2026
PANEL DISCUSSION: Why Don't Lesbian Stories Go Mainstream?
Kyiv, Ukraine
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.
Speakers: Anna Myelikova (screenwriter, member of the Berlinale Panorama selection committee), Zoya Laktionova (filmmaker and visual artist), Tetiana Chervinska (gender specialist, PhD in Sociology), Bohdan Zhuk (director of SUNNY BUNNY film festival).
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Apr. 15, 2026
A video walkthrough of my personal exhibition Memory Practices, presented a year ago in Kyiv, Ukraine, is now available online.
The exhibition was conceived as an extension of my film practice into space, working with landscape, memory, and personal archives beyond the cinematic frame.
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.