Yuliya Pogrebnyak was born in Minsk and lived in St Petersburg before settling in Ruotsinpyhtää where she lives in and renovates a historical (1788) house. She has a Master's Degree in Screenwriting (TAMK, 2022) and an MBA. Her short film GET READY. OFF TO THE FEAST, 2021 (dir. L. Sogomonian) was selected in the official selection for Clermont-Ferrand ISFF in 2022.