Maryna Vroda Wins Leopard for Best Directing at 76th Locarno International Film Festival

Maryna Vroda won the Leopard for Best Directing at the 76th Locarno International Film Festival in August 2023 for her debut feature Stepne, marking a historic achievement for Ukrainian fiction cinema. The award recognized Vroda's singular artistic vision and technical command in crafting a debut feature under wartime conditions.

Director and screenwriter Maryna Vroda accepted the Locarno directing award alongside director of photography Denis Melnyk.