Olha Zhurba

Film Editor and Director of "Songs of Slow Burning Earth"

Talks at Copenhagen Democracy Summit 2025

Olha Zhurba is a Ukrainian film director, editor and screenwriter. Her short fiction film DAD'S SNEAKERS (2021) premiered at the Locarno FF and later won awards at many international festivals. DAD'S SNEAKERS was a candidate for a nomination at the European Film Awards 2022. OUTSIDE (2022) is her debut documentary, which premiered at CPH:DOX and HOT DOCS and won the Willy Brandt award at the Human Rights Film Festival Berlin and later the Japan Prize Award of Honor. She was also the editor of the festival hits and award-winning documentary films THIS RAIN WILL NEVER STOP (2021) and HOME GAMES (2018).

Filmography

Songs of Slow Burning Earth,documentary film, 95', 2024

Ukrainian Factory, short documentary, 25’, 2024

Outside, documentary film, 79’, 2022

Dad’s Sneakers, short fiction, 20’, 2021