Ihor Podolchak

Ihor Podolchak (Ukrainian: Ігор Подольчак, Polish: Ihor Podolczak; born April 9, 1962) is a Ukrainian filmmaker and visual artist. He is a co-founder of the creative association Masoch Fund, participant of the Ukrainian New Wave.

Ihor Podolchak was named as one of the 10 most prominent Ukrainian filmmakers by Forbes Ukraine in 2014, member of Ukrainian Film Academy. 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 - a free artist and curator of contemporary art. Participant and laureate of numerous international exhibitions, organized and held a number of international exhibitions in Ukraine, Russia, USA, Norway.

After establishing the Masoch Fund, together with Igor Durich, he actively conducted various artistic projects in Ukraine, in Russia, in Germany. Since 1997, he has been engaged in the integrated design of the visual-image component of political election campaigns in Ukraine and Russia. Since 2006, he writes scripts, shoots and produces movies:

Las Meninas – 2008, full length, Ukraine

Delirium – 2013, full length, Ukraine, Czech Republic

Merry-Go-Round – 2017, short length, Ukraine, Poland