She then studied at the Ivan Karpenko-Kary Kyiv National University of Theater, Cinema and Television, majoring in directing; MA-qualification; Diploma with honor.

From 2008 to 2009, she worked as a director on STB's program "In Search of Truth" and created documentary telefilms such as "Professor Viktor Petrov"(2008), "Nine Lives of Terrorist Yakiv Blumkin" (2008) and "Nestor Makhno" (2009).

Receiving the prizes on behalf of the team Serhiy Trymbach (the head of the Union of Ukrainian Cinematographers at the time) called from the stage for the release of Oleg Sentsov.

At that moment, Nikita Mikhalkov, the head of the Union of Russian Filmmakers at that time, joined Serhiy Trymbach on stage.

In 2016, the film "My Grandmother Fanni Kaplan" directed by Olena Demyanenko was released, in which Victoria Trofimenko played the role of a political convict.

[11][12] It was the first Ukrainian project to be selected for the annual Screen + program (Andrzej Wajda's studio and school) in Warsaw to develop the screenplay.

During the pitching event, a discussion arose about supporting the project because the film was planned to be shot in English with foreign actors in the United Kingdom and India.

Later on, the director released an online teaser for the movie "Yakiv",[17] which triggered a storm of reactions from the press and the public, astonished by the absence of support.

In July 2018, the project participated in the Odesa International Film Festival's pitching competition, and within three years, Afghan director Sahraa Karimi joined the team.

Since July 2022, Victoria Trofimenko has been working on a book (stage play) based on the "Yakiv" screenplay, she started to compose theater adaptation at Ingmar Bergman's residence at Faro Island (Sweden) and continue at the University of Texas at Austin (US).