
Anna Palenchuk is a Ukrainian producer and the founder of 435 FILMS, a Ukrainian production company. With over a decade of experience in the film industry, Anna has collaborated with renowned directors such as Mantas Kvedaravičius, Vitaliy Manskiy, Oleg Sentsov, Akhtem Seitablayev, and Maciek Hamela, producing award-winning documentaries and feature films that have premiered at Cannes, Berlinale, TIFF, IDFA, KVIFF, PÖFF, Sheffield DocFest, DOC NYC, and other film festivals.
Anna served as the line producer for the Ukrainian shoot of RRR (2022), an Indian action drama directed by S.S. Rajamouli, which won Golden Globe and Oscar awards in 2023. Her investigative documentary Eurodonbas, directed by Kornii Hrytsiuk, was featured at Hot Docs in 2023. Subsequently, Anna co-produced the documentary In the Rearview, directed by Maciek Hamela, which had its world premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and was shortlisted for an Oscar.
In 2022, following the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Anna relocated to Canada, where she founded the Ukrainian-Canadian Film Community (UCFC) and Be Brave Films Inc. She leverages her extensive European experience to contribute to the Canadian film industry while adapting to local industry standards.
Filmography
full-length feature film «Numbers», directed by Oleg Sentsov, Akhtem Seitablaiev, Ukraine/ Poland/ the Czech Republic/ France
2020