Mykola Ridny is a film director and an artist. He works on the intersection of cinematography and contemporary art and combining documentary and performative approaches. His films have been screened at the Kasseler Dok (Kassel), Document Art (Neubrandenburg), Pravo Ljudski (Sarajevo), Odessa IFF, DocudaysUA (Kyiv), as well as at the Venice Biennale of Contemporary Art, Transmediale (Berlin), Center for Art and Media. Karlsruhe), Museums of Contemporary Art in Leipzig and Warsaw.