Oleksandr Hoisan

Directing

Biography

Oleksandr Hoisan (b. 2001, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine) is a filmmaker, artist, programmer, and festival distributor. He holds both a bachelor’s (2022) and master’s degree (2024) in Film and Television Directing from the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts. His early student films have been selected for over 100 national and international film festivals — including Oberhausen, FIDMarseille, Sarajevo Film Festival, BRNO16, and Molodist — receiving multiple awards. Hoisan is a member of Contemporary Ukrainian Cinema, the Ukrainian Guild of Directors, and the National Filmmakers Association of Ukraine. He is also the founder and program director of the Ivano-Frankivsk International Short Film Festival 4:3.