Anastasiya Maksymchuk (881F-6020-179C)

Curriculum Vitae

Anastasiya Maksymchuk

Anastasiya Maksymchuk was born in Donetsk, Ukraine in 1991. In 2013, she received her B.A. as a TV & Film director, and released two short films that traveled internationally. In 2019, she graduated from Kino Eyes M.A. program with a degree in Film Directing and a short film, Charcoal (2020). Proceeded with a feature documentary Dogs Don`t Bite Good People (2022). In 2024, she got a PhD degree in Media Art at Luso´fona University, Lisbon. Her field of research is hybrid documentary and artistic reenactment as a cinematic method. Anastasiya is interested in exploring the dynamic and transformative nature of memory, while combining fictional and documentary approaches, exploring cinematic, theatrical and digital aesthetics inherent to contemporary hybrid film.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Anastasiya Maksymchuk

Citation names

Maksymchuk, Anastasiya

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 881F-6020-179C
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1146-7864

Addresses

Campo Grande, 376 , 1749 - 024, Lisboa , Lisboa , Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anastasiya-maksymchuk/ (Social media)
https://maksymchukanastasiya.my.canva.site/ (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Humanities - Arts - Studies on Film, Radio and Television
Social Sciences - Media and Communications

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
Ukrainian (Mother tongue)
Russian (Mother tongue)
Portuguese	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)
German	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2019/10/01 - 2024/07/17 Concluded	Media Art (Doutoramento) Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal "REENACTING TRAUMA: Working with Documentary Characters through Fiction " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2017/09/01 - 2019/06/29 Concluded	Kino Eyes The European Movie Master (Magister) Major in Film Directing Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom Tallinna Ülikool, Estonia "THE CINEMATIC WORLD OF WERNER HERZOG: BETWEEN DOCUMENTARY AND FICTION " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2008/09/01 - 2012/07/29 Concluded	I.K.Karpenko-Kary Kyiv National University of theatre, cinema and television (Bachelor) Major in TV and Film Directing I.K.Karpenko-Kary Kyiv National University of theatre, cinema and television, Ukraine

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2025/03/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Comunicação Aplicada Cultura e Novas Tecnologias, Portugal
	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2019/10/01 - 2024/01/01	Research Assistant (Research)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/09/01 - 2024/12/31	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2022/01/01 - 2022/05/31	LusófonAtiva ILIND/F+/EI/02/2020 PhD Student Fellow Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal	Concluded
2020/02/01 - 2021/11/30	CEAR – COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AGAINST RADICALISATION 871078 Researcher Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Comunicação Aplicada Cultura e Novas Tecnologias, Portugal	ISF-P Internal Security Fund - Police - European Union Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2025/01/01 - 2025/12/31	Film.A.R. Film and Audiovisual Audience Research for European small markets FILMEU Researcher Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal	Ongoing

Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract	Quico, Célia; Cachapa, Possidónio José Rosado; Maksymchuk, Anastasiya; Purev-Ochir, Lkhagvadulam. "To be or not to be active: taking arms against sedentarism with the co-created communication campaign LusofonAtiva". Paper presented in ELIA Biennial Conference 2022 - No Stone Unturned, Helsínquia, 2022. Published Quico, Célia; Cachapa, Possidónio José Rosado; Purev-Ochir, Lkhagvadulam; Maksymchuk, Anastasiya. Corresponding author: Quico, Célia. "To be or not to be active”: first findings from the communication campaign LusófonAtiva to promote active and healthy lifestyles among university students, faculty and staff". Paper presented in IAMCR 2022, (online), 2022. Published
Journal article	Maksymchuk, Anastasiya. "Paradox of Presence". Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network 14 1 (2021): 67-72. https://doi.org/10.31165/nk.2021.141.628. Published • 10.31165/nk.2021.141.628
Online resource	Maksymchuk, Anastasiya; Vassiliou, P.; Oliveira, M.. CEAR - Community Engagement Against Radicalisation. 2021. https://cearproject.eu/.
Thesis / Dissertation	"Reenacting trauma : working with documentary characters through fiction film". PhD, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, 2024. http://hdl.handle.net/10437/14771. "HE CINEMATIC WORLD OF WERNER HERZOG: BETWEEN DOCUMENTARY AND FICTION". Master, Tallinna Ülikool, 2019. https://www.kinoeyes.eu/research-reports/419-anastasiya-maksymchuk.

Artistic / Performance

Video recording	Maksymchuk, Anastasiya; Anastasiya Maksymchuk (Director). 2023. Moments When We Freeze.
Visual artwork	Maksymchuk, Anastasiya. Dogs Don`t Bite Good People. Maksymchuk, Anastasiya. Charcoal. Maksymchuk, Anastasiya. Refuge. Maksymchuk, Anastasiya. Tenderness.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023/07/09	The Moments When We Freeze: Working with Family Archive through Reenactment	IAMCR 2023, Flow34: Virtual Cinema and Podcasts Sciences Po Lyon (Lyon, France)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2022/01/01 - 2022/02/28	Flaherty Revisited Seminar (2022/02/23 - 2022/02/25) Seminar (Co-organisor)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2022/06/05 - 2022/06/05	Assistant project coordinator & lecturer at PandemiArt: VoxPop Workshop Workshop	PandemiArt: VoxPop Workshop Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
2022/03/03 - 2022/03/04	EUC \| European Student Assembly - Inaugural Session Symposium	Inaugural Session of the European Student Assembly European Student Assembly, France
2017/11/15 - 2017/11/15	Screening of "Refuge" short film at JULA Festival Exhibition	KinoBrunch JULA International Youth Theatre and Music Festival, Germany
2015/05/25 - 2015/05/25	Screening of the short film "Tenderness" at aArtFix London event Exhibition	Night of contemporary Ukrainian Short Films ArtFix , United Kingdom
2015 - 2015	Screening of "Tenderness" short film at Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia Festival	Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia , Japan
2015 - 2015	Screening of "Tenderness" short film at the 3rd Delhi International Film Festival Festival	3rd Delhi International Film Festival Delhi International Film Festival, India
2015 - 2015	Screening of "Tenderness" short film at International Film Festival Aubagne Festival	International Film Festival Aubagne International Film Festival Aubagne, France
2015 - 2015	Screening of short film "Tenderness" at Ukrainian Film Week in Paris	Ukrainian Film Week Institut Français , France
2015 - 2015	Screening of "Tenderness" short film at Wizz-art Festival Festival	8 Wizz-art Film Festival Wizz-art Lviv International Short Film Festival , Ukraine
2015 - 2015	Screening of "Tenderness" short film at Gogolfest event Festival	Gogolfest Gogolfest International Multidisciplinary Festival of Contemporary Art , Ukraine
2014 - 2014	Screening of "Tenderness" short film at 44 Molodist International Film Festival Festival	44 Molodist International Film Festival Molodist International Film Festival, Ukraine

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2020/11/01 - 2021/02/01	Program coordinator & event manager at CIIA Precongress of Audiovisual Researchers Coordinator	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2024/09/01 - 2024/12/31	Fashion Film Course Teacher	Fashion Film (Licenciatura)	Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal

Distinctions

Award

2017	Winner of the National Competition of Docudays Film Festival Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival , Ukraine
2016	Best Social Advertising Molodiya Social Ads Festival, Ukraine
2015	Master of Emotion Award Lublin Film Festival, Poland

Other distinction

2016	Special Mention of Jury 66 Montecatini Short Film Festival, Italy