Roman Bondarchuk

Biography

Roman Bondarchuk is a Ukrainian director. A graduate of Kyiv National University of Theater, Cinema, and Television, Roman has directed short films, documentaries, music videos and the feature film Volcano (2018), which premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, screened at more than 50 festivals worldwide, and won 12 awards, including the Shevchenko National Prize, the highest state prize of Ukraine for works of culture and the arts. Roman’s feature-length documentary Ukrainian Sheriffs won the Special Jury Prize at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) in 2015, Grand Prix of the IDFF Docs against Gravity, and was selected as the Ukrainian submission to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. His second documentary, Dixie Land (2016), premiered at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in the USA and received a Golden Duke Award for Best Ukrainian Film at the Odesa International Film Festival. Roman also works as an art director of the Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival and has been a member of the selection committee for the Ukrainian submissions to the Academy Awards since 2019. Since 2022, he is a c…

Directed

1. Volcano (2018) — Director
2. Ukrainian Sheriffs (2016) — Director
3. The Editorial Office (2024) — Director
4. MMS (2009) — Director
5. Euromaidan. Rough Cut (2014) — Director
6. 15 Young by Young (2011) — Director
7. Assholes. Arabesques (2009) — Director
8. Taxi Driver (2007) — Director
9. Wasteland Tour (2020) — Director
10. Teofipol Welcomes Guests (2021) — Director
11. Ukraine, Goodbye! (2011) — Director
12. Dixieland: Little Kids Big Dreams (2015) — Director
13. Mykola and the German (2005) — Director
14. Roma Dream (2013) — Director
15. Café Voyage (2014) — Director
16. Kateryna (2006) — Director
17. The Lost Paradise (2023) — Director