Space for Music: How Sound Finds Its Place in Film by Mariana Klochko || in Kyiv 09 March 2025

Music as a Tool in Film: Its Overt and Subtle Presence in the Frame, Role in Creating Mood, Rhythm, and Aesthetics. Working on the Soundtrack in Fiction and Documentary Cinema, Instrument Selection and Appropriateness. "Amnesia" as an Important Element in the Score. Specifics of Composer-Director Collaboration and Work Examples. When Music Happens, Does It Really Soundtrack?

Maryana Klochko is an electronic producer, vocalist, and composer. In her work, she explores the boundaries between the conscious and unconscious, experimenting with the combination of vocals and electronics. Her music balances between experimental pop, ambient, and sound design, drawing inspiration from liturgical chants and rave aesthetics.
Maryana has composed music for numerous films, including: "Traces. Excerpts" (2025, directed by Alisa Kovalenko, Marisya Nikityuk), "Kharkiv Invincible" (2024, directed by Andrei Vaitovich), "A Picture to Remember" (2023, directed by Olga Chernykh), "Stop-Zemlia" (2021, directed by Kateryna Hornostai), "Utopians" (2022, directed by Nicole Medvecka, DE), "HORMONAAL" (2023, directed by Pien van Grinsven, NL), "Break the Circle" (2021, directed by Yelyzaveta Smit), "PLUS ONE" (2018, directed by Myroslava Klochko).
In 2021, she received the Ukrainian Film Academy's "Golden Dzyga" award for Best Original Music and Best Song in the film "Stop-Zemlia".