Biography
Iryna Tsilyk is Ukrainian filmmaker and writer. She is the director of the award-winning documentary film The Earth Is Blue As an Orange. Iryna is also known for her fiction film Rock. Paper. Grenade, based on the novel WHO AM I? by Ukrainian writer and Iryna’s husband Artem Chekh. Iryna Tsilyk is the author of eight books published in Ukraine. Many of her poems and short stories have been translated into multiple languages. Iryna also publishes non-fiction texts in different international publications. She lives in Kyiv together with her son, while Artem Chekh serves in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.