Maria Lukavskaya was born on 09.02.1984 in Sevastopol, Russia. In 2021 graduated from London Film School. She studied Social Psychology at London School of Economics with the focus on ethnic conflicts and racism. Before this Mariya worked as a commercial development manager in corporations like MasterCard and TripAdvisor. In parallel to this she has been a founder to several small charitable funds to support sick children from low income families in Eastern Europe. One of her major artistic focuses is antiwar films and war through woman’s eyes.