Maryna Er Gorbach

Ukrainian film director

Maryna Er Gorbach (born 1981, Kyiv) is a Ukrainian filmmaker who writes, directs, produces, and edits films, often with her husband, Turkish filmmaker Mehmet Bahadir Er.^[1] She won the directing award in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival for her film Klondike.^[2] She was among a group of Ukrainian filmmakers who called for international aid for Ukraine in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[3]

Maryna Er Gorbach has been a member of the European Film Academy since 2017.^[4] Like a number of other Ukrainian artists, Er Gorbach wrote an open letter in March 2022 after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, calling for a halt to the war.^[5]

Filmography


Year	Title	Notes	Ref
2009	Black Dogs Barking	co-directed with Mehmet Bahadir Er	^[6]
2013	Love Me	co-directed with Mehmet Bahadir Er	^[1]
2019	Omar and Us	co-directed with Mehmet Bahadir Er	^[7]
2022	Klondike		^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Besserglik, Bernard (November 8, 2013). "Love Me (Lyuby Mene): Cottbus Review". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Lodge, Guy (January 29, 2022). "'Klondike' Review: Harrowing Drama Braids Marital and Political Warfare on the Russian-Ukrainian Border". Variety.com. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
^ Grater, Tom (February 25, 2022). "Ukrainian Filmmakers Call For International Aid: "This Is A Full-Scale War... It Is Time To Fight"". Deadline.com. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
^ Klondike. In: berlinale.de. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
^ Ukrainian director Maryna Er Gorbach joins her colleagues in requesting the end of the Russian invasion. In: cineuropa.org, 9 March 2022.
^ "Black Dogs Barking". IMDb. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
^ "Berlin 2022: Screen's guide to the Panorama titles". Screendaily.com. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2022.