Glib Lukianets (Ukrainian: Лукʼянець Гліб Ігорович; Polish: Glib Lukianec; born 26 December 1991, Kyiv) is a Ukrainian-Polish film producer, expert at the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation, member of the International Documentary Association.
Glib Lukianets | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1991-12-26) December 26, 1991 Kyiv, |
| Alma mater | Lodz Film School |
| Occupations | Film producer, writer |
| Organization | International Documentary Association |
| Notable work | Divia |
Film career
Glib Lukianets has produced several internationally acclaimed documentaries. Son of the Streets (dir. Mohammed Almughanni) won the main award at the IDFA Forum in Amsterdam.[1], while Divia (dir. Dmytro Hreshko), portraying Ukraine’s wartime ecocide, was nominated for the Crystal Globe at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival[2] and for Best Original Music Score at the 41st IDA Documentary Awards. Lukianets also served as music producer on Divia together with Polina Herman, with music by Grammy-winning composer Sam Slater (Joker, Chernobyl, Battlefield).[3] In 2022, his company, Gogol Film, was recognized for implementing the mission of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network.
In 2025, as part of a U.S. film tour organized by the University of Pittsburgh, Glib Lukianets lectured in six states—including the building of Richard Lugar —on Ukraine’s nuclear disarmament legacy and cultural resilience. The tour concluded with the North American premiere of Flowers of Ukraine in Montana.[4]
In 2025, as part of the Ukrainian delegation to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Lukianets presented Divia to the international policy community, followed by a discussion with Katarzyna Wrona and Svitlana Krakovska on environmental defense.[5]
References
- Macnab, Geoffrey (22 December 2023). "Producer defends Palestinian director of BBC Storyville project after IDFA speech row". Screen International. Archived from the original on 8 November 2025.
- Abbatescianni, Davide (3 July 2025). "Exclusive: Trailer From Dmytro Hreshko's Karlovy Vary-Premiering 'Divia'". Documentary.org. Archived from the original on 8 November 2025.
- Balaga, Marta (5 July 2025). "Ukrainian Doc 'Divia,' Scored by Grammy-Winning Sam Slater, Takes on the Destruction of War – in the 'Koyaanisqatsi' Way". Variety. Archived from the original on 8 November 2025.
- Zinchenko, Mariana (7 February 2025). "Screenings of the Ukrainian documentary Flowers of Ukraine took place in the United States". Detector Media (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 19 February 2025.
- "DIVIA – documentary about catastrophic impact of war on ukrainian nature – will be screened at UN COP30". Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine. 7 November 2025. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
External links
Divia at Variety