Roman Bondarchuk

Ukrainian director and graduate of the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Karyi Theatre, Cinema and Television University, where he studied in Yurii Illienko’s workshop. He is the author of short, documentary and fiction films. His feature film Volcano (2018) received 12 international awards and the Shevchenko National Prize. His documentary Ukrainian Sheriffs (2015) won awards at IDFA in Amsterdam and Millennium Docs Against Gravity in Warsaw, and was Ukraine’s official submission for the Academy Awards. His documentary Dixie Land (2016) received the Golden Duke Award at the Odesa International Film Festival. In 2024, his comedy-drama The Editorial Office premiered at the Berlinale.

In July 2025, together with Darya Averchenko, Roman opened the multimedia exhibition Kherson. The Steppe Holds across five halls of Mystetskyi Arsenal. The exhibition explores the Kherson region through films, archival materials and personal reflections. Its key themes include the role of communities and local self-government, truth and post-truth in political processes, and the journey of returning to oneself and to the world within the reality of Ukraine’s south.

Roman is a member of the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Film Academy. He has served on the juries of film festivals in Sheffield, Sofia, Tbilisi, Odesa and elsewhere. He has twice been elected to the Ukrainian Oscar Committee. He has been a guest lecturer for Baltic Sea Forum, DocNomads and the University of Budapest.

Since 2019, he has been the Art Director of Docudays UA. Since 2022, he has been a co-founder of the Ukraine War Archive.