Marysia Nikitiuk

Marysia Yuriivna Nikitiuk (Ukrainian: Марися Юріївна Нікітюк; born 26 October 1986) is a Ukrainian film director, screenwriter and fiction writer. She wrote and directed When the Trees Fall (2018) and co-wrote Homeward (2019), both of which have drawn recognition as among the best Ukrainian films. Nikitiuk also directed Lucky Girl (2021), and published a collection of short fiction, The Abyss (2016), which won the Oles Ulianenko International Literary Prize.