Biography

Anastasia (Tasia) Pugach is an executive producer, PR, and social media specialist, and press secretary for film and media events. She graduated from Donetsk National University (2008) and has a master's degree in international relations (diploma with honors) and a bachelor's degree (with honors). She studied at PostPlay Theater — School of Fast Drama (2019, class of Anastasiia Kosodii and Maksim Kurochkin). She visited workshops and film markets for documentary filmmakers such as Beldocs Pitching Forum (2023), The Baltic Sea Docs (2023), Sunny Side of the Doc in Nature & Conservation section (2023), CEDOC Market (2023), CUTTING EDGE PITCHING; Documentary Industry Days of Odesa IFF in Gdynia, Poland (2023), Winter Film Market OIFF (2024), EFM (2024), Eurodoc (2024, as a part of the Ukrainian group).   Since 2023, she has been the executive director and executive producer of UP UA STUDIO (documentary projects Divia by Dmytro Hreshko, Antarctica: War Diaries, Woman of Ukraine). From September 2023, she has been the Head of Press Service of Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival.