Director Olga Chernykh Discusses Mentally Surviving Ukraine War by Working on IDFA Opener ‘A Picture to Remember’
variety.comRafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor How does it feel to have your feature debut open one of the largest documentary festivals in the world?
To director Olga Chernykh, whose “A Picture to Remember” opens the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), it feels like a “gift from the universe.” “A Picture to Remember” is an essay-style account of the war from the perspective of three generations of women within the director’s family.
Chernykh, who was granted financial support from the festival’s Bertha Fund and was part of this year’s IDFA Project Space, is thrilled to have her debut premiere at the festival that so greatly supported her filmmaking journey. “When I visited IDFA I kept imagining that one day I could be here with my film.
At that point, I was so far from finishing the film that it felt only like a dream.” “IDFA does a great job in supporting filmmakers coming from countries with emerging talents and a lack of financing,” she says. “They also did a great job reacting to the situation in Ukraine and supporting filmmakers and the community.
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