Biography: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).
