Ihor Podolchak (; ; born April 9, 1962) is a Ukrainian filmmaker and visual artist. He is a co-founder of the creative association Masoch Fund,The Festival Jury Wiz-Art 2011 wiz-art.com.ua Retrieved December 5, 2011 and a participant in the Ukrainian New Wave.

Ihor Podolchak was named as one of the 10 most prominent Ukrainian filmmakersЮрій Володарський. Рейтинг Forbes: 10 найвизначніших кінорежисерів України . «Forbes Ukraine» , July 23, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014 by Forbes Ukraine in 2014, and is a member of the Ukrainian Film Academy.

Biography Podolchak was born in Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR (now Ukraine). He graduated from Lviv Academy of Fine Arts (then Lviv State Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts) with distinction in 1984. From 1984 to 1985 he served in the Soviet Border Troops on the Soviet-Polish border.

From 1985 to 1986 he worked in the Art Fund of the Union of Artists of Ukraine. Since 1986, he has been a free artist and curator of contemporary art. He has also been a participant and laureate of numerous international exhibitions, organized and held in various international exhibitions across Ukraine, Russia, the US, and Norway. After completing his military service, he founded Production Center ltd, a company engaged in film production, creating series projects for Ukrainian and Russian TV channels.

After establishing the Masoch Fund, together with Igor Durich, he actively conducted various artistic projects in Ukraine, Russia, Poland and in Germany. Since 1997, he has been engaged in the integrated design of the visual-image components of political election campaignsЧивокуня, В. Політтехнологи на виборах-2006: хто працював на Януковича, Ахметова, Тимошенко, Медведчука…. sd.org.ua 12.05.2006 Retrieved August 30, 2013 in both Ukraine and Russia. Since 2006, he has written, scripted, shot, and produced movies such as: Las Meninas – 2008, full length, Ukraine Delirium – 2013, full length, Ukraine, Czech Republic Merry-Go-Round – 2017, short length, Ukraine, Poland

Visual arts

Podolchak works in different genres of fine art – painting, prints, photography, video art and art actions. At the beginning of his career, the graphics prevailed,Norman, G. ART MARKET / An allegory of Russia’s broken dreams: An exhibition of Russian and Ukrainian prints, produced during the tumultuous years 1987—1992 «The Independent», Sunday, 4 September 1994. Retrieved August 30, 2013 and from the mid-1990s makes art actions and performances, from the late 1990s video art.

In the center of Podolchak's creativity, is a human bodyГуцул, E. Творили два товарища… Ага. «Зеркало недели», № 36 (205) 5 — 11 сентября 1998 in its various manifestations, relationships with other bodies, as well as in different stages of decomposition.Бриних, М. Трiумф пост-еротичного м'ясожерства, або труп гниє — мистецтво квiтне. «Україна молода», 2000.06.15 In the artistic development of the theme of decomposition and decay there are only two types of matter, two definite formations of "flesh" – human and architectural. They are the receptacles of all sorts of energies, the connections of various semiotic codes – the most clearly demonstrated manifestations of regressive forces. The propensity to the metamorphoses of decomposition reveals and, in a special way, mythologizes the "corporeality" of these two organisms, and the inconstancy of the point of view on their relations in this state (fluctuations from allegory to thriller), constantly improves the iconography of Podolchak's aesthetics in general.Сидор-Гібелінда, О. Файні хлопці з Бандершадту. «Журнал Fine Art», #2, 2008

The artist's book Jacob Bohme was awarded as World's Best Book (Bronze Medal) by Stiftung Buchkunst Frankfurt am Main at Frankfurt Book Fair. One of his 24 personal exhibitions was the first art exhibition ever to be held in space, at space station Mir on January 25, 1993. Artworks of Podolchak can be found in 26 museums and public collections worldwide.

Cinema

Both Podolchak's films have common characteristic features: departure from narrative, anthropology of enclosed worlds, elaborated composition of frame, unusual shooting angles. The spaces of Las Meninas and Delirium are similarly dense, difficult for movement, tiresome both for the characters moving within them and the viewers watching them. This reflects the time of "the end of history" with its somnambulism, impotence, morbidity and hopelessness.

Las Meninas

Las Meninas is Podolchak's debut full-length film. He wrote, directed and produced it. The film had a world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in the competition program on January 25, 2008.Константинова, Катерина. Український «натюрморт» вперше в Роттердамі . «Дзеркало Тижня», № 3 (682) 26 січня — 1 лютого 2008. Retrieved November 3, 2009 Overall, it has participated in 27 international film festivals, including 10 competition programs.

Delirium

Delirium is Podolchak's second full-length feature. Its script is based on the story Inductor by the Ukrainian writer and journalist Dmytro Belyanskyi. The film's production lasted during 2008–2010. For the first time fragments of the film were demonstrated in 2012 on the 45th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the program Films in production. New full-length films from Central and Eastern Europe.45th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Films in production. New full-length films from Central and Eastern Europe . www.kviff.com 2010. Retrieved December 27, 2012 After the prerelease screenings, Ukrainian film critics compared the second film of Podolchak to the works of Alain Robbe-Grillet, Pedro Costa and Nikos Nikolaidis.

Position 5 in Top-10 Ukrainian films of 2012 by "Афіша@Mail.Ru".Топ-10 украинских фильмов 2012 года Retrieved December 27, 2012

Merry-Go-Round

The first short length film (2017. Ukraine, Poland. 5 min). It was premiered at Revelation Perth International Film Festival on July 9, 2017Revelation Perth International Film Festival 2017 revelationfilmfest.org Retrieved July 23, 2017 and was nominated for the Best Ukrainian Short FilmOdesa International Film Festival 2017 oiff.com.ua Retrieved July 23, 2017 at Odesa International Film Festival.

Selected prizes and nominations

Prizes 2013 "First Prize", Baghdad International Film Festival, Iraq 1995 "Triennaleprize",11 Norwegian International Print Triennale. Fredrikstad: Norske Internasjonale Grafikk Triennale, 1995. pp. 269, 343, OCLC 47160369 11th Norway International Print Triennial, Fredrikstad 1994 "Walter Tiemann Preis", Verein zur Förderung von Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig e.V. an der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig 1990 "Latvian Artist Union Prize", Triennial of miniature graphic art, Riga 1990 "1st Award for graphics", 5th Annual International Art Exhibition, Marietta, USA 1989 "Diploma", International Biennial of Art Impreza, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine 1988 "Prix Ex Aequo",12 Międzynarodowe Biennale Grafiki, Kraków: Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych, 1988, OCLC 34341741 12th International Print Biennial, Kraków 1987 "Honorable Medal",Miejska Galeria Sztuki . Wyroznieni. Retrieved November 5, 2009 Small Graphic Forms, Łódź

Nominations 2017 "Best Ukrainian short film",Merry-Go-Round in National Competition at Odesa International Film Festival . Odesa International Film Festival 2013 "National Prize", Odesa International Film Festival 2013 "Best Director" Director's Week Competition, Fantasporto, Oporto International Film Festival, Porto 2009 "Prize",Trieste Film Festival. Ventesima Edizione Duemilanove. Trieste: Alpe Adria Cinema, 2009. pp. 48–49 OCLC 451007614 Trieste Film Festival 2008 "Tiger",37th International Film Festival Rotterdam. 23 January – 3 February 2008. Rotterdam: IFFR, 2008, p. 42 ISSN 1873-8362 37th International Film Festival Rotterdam 2008 "Prize FIPRESCI", 7th Transilvania International Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca 2008 "Prize",ArtFilm International Film Festival Trencianske Teplice-Trencin. Bratislava: Art Film 2008, p. 55 OCLC 450932929 16th Artfilm International Film Festival, Slovakia

References

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External links

Ihor Podolchak at Issuu