Yelyzaveta Toptyhina

Biography

Yelyzaveta Toptyhina (Єлизавета Топтигіна) is a Ukrainian film director, screenwriter and visual artist. Originally from Odesa region, based in Kyiv. Yelyzaveta graduated from the directing department at the Kyiv National Karpenko-Kary University of Theater, Cinema and Television. She is an alumna of Sarajevo Talents 2026. Working across fiction and hybrid forms, as well as commercials, her work explores emotional connections between characters, infused with warm irony in both storytelling and...