Magnitogorsk, USSR, Russia | 1979-09-23

Graduated from the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors, Moscow. Her "Faith" thesis work was nominated for the Golden Eagle Russian Film Academy Award as The Best Short-2017, also won Grand-Prix at the 36th International Film Festival “Fajr” in Tehran, and The Best Cinematography at Brooklyn IFF (New York, NY), and Flickers (Providence, RI), Best Student Unproduced Script at Wildrose IFF, Des Moines, IA To date she has written and directed five short films: "Charisma", "Mendel's Joke", "Happy Paradise", "Faith", and "Mum's Hairpins". KERRY INT'L FILM FESTIVAL,  ASIANA INT'L SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Seoul, Korea). PÖFF SLEEPWALKERS INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Tallinn, Estonia). 29th DAKINO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Competition, Bucharest, Romania). 28th THE FESTIVAL DE TYO (Official Selection, Cergy-Le-Haut, France). 16th ANNUAL TALLGRASS FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Wichita, KS, USA) 17th INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL OF BEIJING FILM ACADEMY (Official Selection, Beijing, China). 14th THE MYRTLE BEACH INT'L FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Myrtle Beach, South Carolin, USA) In 2018 the original debut full-length script "WHITE WHALE" got the First Prize for Best International Screenplay at 36th Flickers IFF in Providence, RI. BERLINALE TALENTS 2019. "Mum's Hairpins": 15th HollyShorts Film Festival - Best International, DC Shorts International Film Festival, 17th IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival, Rhode Island Film Festival (qualifiers for the annual Academy Awards®) - Best Short Film (1-st Prize). Mum's Hairpins is the one of eight projects have been selected through a relationship between Studio21 and Hollyshorts, the Oscar-qualifying short film festival now on its 16th year. In a shorts2series presentation block on the first day of the event will be presented eight ‘most-likely-to-succeed’ shorts to the global market, and then hear from the film makers about the projects and their ambitions to partner to develop them.