Svitlana Lishchynska (she/her), born in Mariupol, has has worked for more than 25 years for the leading Ukrainian TV channels. She began a new chapter in her life in 2014, studying  cinematography and screenwriting, and has since directed numerous documentary projects including Mariupol Reconstruction (2022), Ballroom King (2019), Treasures of Vero (2019), and Invisible Battalion (2017).