BohdanaBihdan
- Filmmaker
- Visual Storyteller
Creating stories through moving images.
Origin
By the time I was eighteen, I had lived in three countries — and every move was made for the same reason: to study cinema.
I was twelve the first time I stood on a film set. I watched a whole crew move as one — dozens of people, each giving everything to make a single frame the best it could be — and something in me settled. That shared devotion showed me how I wanted to live: long days, the occasional night traded for sleep, a life spent on set. I have never wanted anything else.
I trained in filmmaking at college in Latvia, then moved to the UK for a second two-year course in the same field, before going on to university for my degree in Film and Television Production.
Filmography
Ocean Monologue
A poetic visual piece exploring ocean pollution through a first-person monologue of the ocean, combining symbolic performance.
5 Minutes of Hate
A country consumed by war. A family consumed by silence across generations. Television propaganda can transform unbearable pain in the heart into something as simple as hatred — but is it possible to resist it?
Metamorphosis
The story in the video highlights the destructive effects of drugs. The bright colours and euphoria give way to a dopamine crash, destruction of both body and mind.
Under the World
This video is a compilation of scenes depicting the lives of marginalised people through the eyes of the main character, who has become mired in a violent lifestyle, destroying both his own life and those of others.
Sirenian Christmas
A story about a young woman who finds herself alone on Christmas Eve and ends up in the company of aliens who have crash-landed in her back garden. (An aesthetic reference to Doctor Who)
Showreel
Achievements & Festivals
Education
Profesionālā vidusskola “Victoria”
Audiovizuāla māksla un tehnoloģijas
Arts University Plymouth
Filmmaking & Media Production · UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma in Creative Practice
University of York
BSc (Hons) Film and Television Production
Where in the world I can work
- UK & Ukraine — right to work
- Free to visit — work visa needed
- Elsewhere — visa to visit & work
Film Strip
Photography, film stills and behind-the-scenes — a continuous reel.
Let’s make
something cinematic.
Based in York, United Kingdom.
Available worldwide.