Adelina Borets

Directing

Birthplace: Mariupol, Ukraine

Adelina Borets is a director, screenwriter, and dancer, as well as a laureate of the Sergei Parajanov Award and a recipient of the Gaude Polonia Scholarship from the Polish Minister of Culture. Born in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, she holds a directing degree from the Warsaw Film School, the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice, and has completed the Script course at the Wajda School. Adelina is the founder and director of NGO STROOM, a creative organization producing films and documentary shorts. She is also an alumna of Esodoc 2022, Ekran+ 2022, and Film Independent 2024.