Angelika Ustymenko is a non-binary neurodivergent queer artist and activist based in Kyiv, Ukraine. They are a part of Rebel Queers whose actions aim to honor queer people and realize their liberation. In 2018, Ustymenko made their first short film that was shot on 16mm and premiered at Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist. After the full-scale invasion, they evacuated to Berlin and organized an exhibition featuring Ukrainian queer artists. After coming back to Kyiv in spring 2022, they made a documentary about Ukrainian queer people during the war, Ukrainian Queer Fighters For Freedom. In 2023, Ustymenko released a new documentary, Rebel Queers: Ukraine's Queer Resistance, focusing on queer people in the Ukrainian army as well as a fictional short Before Curfew. Both films premiered at Sunny Bunny LGBTQIA+ Film Festival.