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Natalia Libet

Natalia Libet

Birth : 1972-12-06, Lviv, Ukraine

History

Natalia Libet has gained experience in coproduction, investment and finance while working for international companies primarily of the U.S. and German origin. Now, she works as a film producer with ESSE Production House and Digital Religion in Kyiv, Ukraine. In 2019-2021, she brought First Cut Lab to Kyiv; her first local initiative was with EAVE in Demand in 2017. She has had annual audits with Big 4; obtained an MBA with GPA: 4.00/4.00 in the U.S. in 2002; is a winner of 2000 Edmund Muskie/Freedom Support Act Graduate Fellowship Award, a member of Ukrainian Film Academy. Her selected filmography includes “Stop-Zemlia” (2021, 122’) fiction dir. Kateryna Gornostai, w. premiere - Berlinale Generation 14plus, Crystal Bear Youth Jury Award Berlinale Generation 14+ (as a producer); “Parthenon” (2019, 120’) fiction dir. Mantas Kvedaravicius Lithuania-Ukraine-France, w. premiere – the 34th Critics’ Week at the 76th Venice IFF (as a co-producer); “Anna”, 15’ fiction dir. Dekel Berenson Ukraine-UK-Israel, w. premiere - Shorts Competition at the 72th Cannes IFF, BIFA Best Short Award 2019 (as an executive producer).

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Natalia Libet

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Rule of Two Walls

Rule of Two Walls

Executive Producer

Rule of Two Walls explores the war in Ukraine through the lens of artists living and creating in the midst of unprecedented conflict. Visceral, poetic, and urgent, it illuminates the vital role of cultural and spiritual defiance in times of crisis.

Producer

Hanging out with friends, smoking a lot, spinning bottles and kissing, making mistakes, playing, refusing to accept, dreaming with open eyes - life as a teenager can be overwhelmingly beautiful and difficult at the same time. In her debut, the Ukrainian director composes a deeply emotional and multi-layered portrait of a generation whilst seamlessly flowing between the fictional and the documental.

Diary of a Bride of Christ

Diary of a Bride of Christ

Producer

Marta, the film's director, faces her fears and digs into the realm of her estranged sister Nastia, a Greek-Catholic nun, to re-evaluate the world they both were brought up in.

Producer

On one of the last days of summer vacation, 12-year-old Yarik and his friend Igor witness a disturbing scene. The boys see a man allegedly strangling a young girl in the woods - but everyone concludes: Igor is sure that the two fell in love, while Yarik is convinced that the woman was killed. The history of finding evidence of a crime is revealed by growing up.

Producer

A young surgeon loses a patient on the operating table for the first time in his practice. Formally, he is not guilty, but he accuses himself. The deceased patient becomes his companion in an insoluble dispute with his conscience. How long does it take to accept death as a part of the profession?

Co-Producer

In a cheap brothel at the foothills of an Athenian fortress, a man recounts the magnificent events of his life. His search for love and glory is retold and relived by many: a prostitute with an unredeemable past, a gangster haunted by bad luck, an icon painter who has no faith - In one of the stories, the man finds his riches, in another he becomes a vagabond prophet, in yet another he returns home to his wife. Memories betray him, but he knows for sure that in one of these lives, he will be killed.

Producer

A visual comedy about overcoming cliches in cinema and in life. A desaturated girl tries to get her color back, until she meets someone who changes her perception of herself and the world around her.

Executive Producer

Living in war-torn Eastern Ukraine Anna is an aging single mother who is desperate for a change. Lured by a radio advertisement, she goes to party with a group of American men who are touring the country, searching for love.

Giorgos and Polya

Giorgos and Polya

Producer

This is a documentary story of love, a story about the long-distance relationship that started in September 2014, while war in Ukraine and the economic crisis in Greece were taking a dramatic turn.

Producer

Crocodile is a game for a big company. The host shows a word only with the gestures. The one, who guesses it, chooses the next one to lead the game. Anya comes up with a difficult word for Lisa. This New Year Eve turns into a test of their friendship.

When We Were 15

When We Were 15

Producer

Tonya is the new girl at school. Dealing with her sexuality, as well as past abuse, she is learning to accept loneliness while trying to find her place in the adult world.