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Ukrainian & sexy
writer/director: @dirt.movie @blueprintshortfilm & more
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Friends! I am excited to announce that I am stepping into the scary freelance world and am now open for any and all projects as a Writer, (Creative) Director, and everything adjacent!

I have experience making award-winning short films, both narrative and documentary, as well as working in fashion film, and making promo and social-first content.

I am also super stoked to share that I am part of @melancholiapictures newly launched Commercial Division, where I can be reached for any commercial queries 💆🏼‍♀️

For projects, collaborations, business propositions, love letters, and words of admiration - lada.kopytova@gmail.com

Full portfolio - ladakopytova.com (link in bio)

Let’s make cool films together! taken in London, United Kingdom by @ladakopytova

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LADAKOPYTOVA.COM by @ladakopytova

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Some 16mm stills from a shoot for @_yanyanchan with lovely people!

Director, editor - @ladakopytova
Cinematographer - 🙋🏼‍♀️
Gaffer - @marta_vitola
1st AC - @frombiki
Sound Recordist - @dan_audiofiles
Sound designer & mixer - @mikeydoogle
Composer - @soooty_

Shot on 500T @kodak_shootfilm by @ladakopytova

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«Confiscated Memories» - multimedia art installation devised in response to my short film DIRT (@dirt.movie) and incorporating real experiences of Ukrainian refugees will be presented as part of Courage Across Cultures exhibition at Tower Hamlets Town Hall during Refugee Week (@refugeeweekuk)!

Private View: Wednesday, 24 June 2026 – 5:00 pm–8:00 pm

Exhibition continues: Thursday, 25 June 2026 – 9:00 am–8:00 pm
Friday, 26 June 2026 – 9:00 am–5:00 pm

@ Tower Hamlets Town Hall, Whitechapel

Free RSVP link in bio

Thank you @bidnenkok @towerhamletsnow + everyone who contributed their personal stories for making this possible 💌 taken in Tower Hamlets Town Hall by @ladakopytova

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things I’ve been up to recently !
(taking applications for twin sister lookalikes)

Building the most precious art installation, breaking suitcases with a hammer in the process and exploring Brussels and shooting with @_yanyanchan in between! by @ladakopytova

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CONFISCATED MEMORIES is an art installation conceived in dialogue with short film DIRT (2026), that incorporates real items of internally & externally displaced Ukrainians to explore the intimate realities of displacement and the enduring human need to carry home across borders, asking the question - can you fit your homeland in a suitcase?

These items, both ordinary and deeply symbolic, are intertwined with suitcases filled with soil from which living plants emerge. Together, they form a quiet yet powerful landscape of memory, survival, and rootedness. Surrounding the installation, photographs and testimonies contextualise each object, revealing the personal histories behind what was carried and what was left behind.

We had the honour of showcasing the installation at the European Parliament (@europeanparliament), where it accompanied the screening of DIRT.

Thank you to everyone who contributed their personal stories and items via our open call: Anastasiya, Maria, Luka, Marta, Viktoria, Maria, Marharyta, Yulia, Daria, Maria, and Vasyl.

And thank you @pepinieres_de_boitsfort for the beautiful plants and your cooperation.
Creative Direction - @ladakopytova
Production - @residencyfilms
Technical assistant - @pippin.swanson

Photos by - @shtefutsa taken in European Parliament, Brussels by @ladakopytova

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What Do You Take When Your Life Must Fit Into a Suitcase?

We were deeply honoured for the opportunity to host a private screening of DIRT at the European Parliament, accompanied by a panel discussion and an art installation, “Confiscated Memories”. The event brought together policymakers, cultural actors, journalists and experts to address displacement, integration, and the role of culture and media in times of war.

The installation featured real personal belongings of internally and externally displaced Ukrainians, tracing how these objects have gained new meanings and become physical symbols of home.

The panel discussion featured First Vice-President Sabine Verheyen, Monika Hohlmeier, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Budgets, His Excellency Vsevolod Tchentsov, Vít Novotný (migration expert at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies), Dr Sara Marino, Svitlana Baldina and her son Viktor Dynnyk from “Let’s Shake Hands” project, Nathalie Georges (ARTE Reportage), producers of DIRT Konstantin Bidnenko (@bidnenkok) and Lisa Kochanova (@lisakochanova), and writer-director Lada Kopytova (@ladakopytova).

The event delivered one clear message: Europe’s response to displacement must go beyond emergency support — it must combine long-term integration, cultural understanding, and credible information to build resilient societies.

Thank you First Vice-President Sabine Verheyen (@sabineverheyen), Monika Hohlmeier, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Budgets (@monika.hohlmeier), and the European Parliament (@europeanparliament) team for your continued support for Ukraine and for allowing us to share this important story.

#dirtmovie

photo - @shtefutsa taken in European Parliament, Brussels by @ladakopytova

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‘Talismans’ directed by Lada Kopytova @ladakopytova

An exploration of the creative process of London-based artist and jewellery maker Klara Fokicheva, tracing the influence mudlarking has on her work and her relationship towards working with found materials.

Playing now on girlsinfilm.net

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Featuring: Klara Fokicheva @klara_fokicheva
Produced & Directed by: Lada Kopytova @ladakopytova
Cinematography: Caleb Pithers-Gregory @caleb_pg
Editing: Sophie Dominique Parea @dominique_sophie
Composer & Sound Design: Olmo Ramella @olmock
Colour: Jonathan Tam @jongytam
Production Assistant: Barrett Loades @barrettloades
Special Thanks: Hasan Matar
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@nfftyfilm & Seattle affirmations 😇😇 by @ladakopytova

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We are excited to announce that DIRT is officially out of post production and is heading towards the start of its festival journey!

After all the hard work that went into this project, we can’t wait to finally bring this story out into the world 🤍 Follow this page to not miss any updates.

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Раді повідомити, що ми офіційно завершили роботу над фільмом ЗЕМЛЯ, та незабаром розпочнемо нашу фестивальну кампанію!

Після всієї важкої праці, що була вкладена в цей проєкт, ми не можемо дочекатися, щоб нарешті показати його світові 🤍 Слідкуйте за цією сторінкою, аби не пропустити жодних новин.

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A @marauder.pictures & @residencyfilms production with support of @esse_house

Proudly supported by @decentralized_pictures @kinotron.group @ribbon.international

Starring Olena Khokhlatkina @khokhlatkina , Oksana Zhdanova @kszhd_ , Diana Zamojska @diana_zamojska , Reuben Watney @reuben_watney

Writer and Director - Lada Kopytova @ladakopytova
Producers - Lisa Kochanova @lisakochanova , Joseph Bushell @josephbushell & Kostiantyn
Bidnenko @bidnenkok
Executive Producers - Suzanne Procter @suzanne.procter73 , Mark Waugh, Irina Sak, Gemma
Davies and Lyuba Knorozok
Assosiate Producer - Viktoria Kiose
Director of Photography - Yevheniia Bondarenko @punkrockova
Associate Producer - Viktoriya Kiose @kioseviktoriya
Production Manager - Kateryna Skrynska @catherineskrynskaya
1st Assistant Director - Nadiia Ludchik @1adnadialyudchik
Script Supervisor - Barrett Loades @barrettloades
Casting Director - Alla Samoylenko @samoylenko_alla
Extras Coordinator - Valeriy Ostapenko & Natalia Pakholkova
Production Assistants - Anastasia Dyachenko @maestroo73, Taisiya Budzinskaya @t.a.i.sss &
Caleb Pithers-Gregory @caleb_pg

Focus Puller - Oleksandr Schherbak @sashax___
Assistant Camera - Yevheniy Kovalenko
DIT - Joseph Bushell @josephbushell
Clapper - Caleb Pithers-Gregory @caleb_pg
Gaffer - Andrii Iorkin
Spark - Illiya Horbatiuk @illeishion , Maksym Svishch @svishchfilm, Volodymyr Sinkevych & Serhii
Alekseev @serhiialieksieiev

Drone Operator - Kostiantyn Bidnenko @bidnenkok & Joseph Bushell @josephbushell by @ladakopytova

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admin reveal by @ladakopytova

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