Roman Bondarchuk (1982) is an award-winning Ukrainian feature and documentary filmmaker. He studied at the Kyiv state University of Theatre, Cinema and TV. He has made a number of short films, documentaries and music videos, also written novels. His documentary “Ukrainian Sheriffs” (2015) was selected as the Ukrainian submission to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. His feature film “Volcano” (2018) premiered at the Karlovy Vary International film festival and won 12 awards at numerous festivals. He is the artistic director of the Docudays UA festival. Since 2022, he is a co-founder of the Ukraine War Archive project, an initiative of the NGO Docudays and Infoscope.