Graduated in 2018 from Fred Kelemen’s cinematography laboratory at the Moscow School of New Cinema.
Works in fiction and experimental filmmaking,Interested in auteur and exploratory cinematography. Work permit in Eu.
katya.smolina@gmail.com
After eight years in prison, Anna tries to start life anew in a harsh metropolis, turning her past into energy for creativity. release in 2026
VANYA /Drama // Dir. Klavdiya Korshunova // STV Lab // Ivan Agranovich, Alexander Tsyganov, Anna Shevchuk, Yura Borisov, Darya Melnikova, Alexander Korshunov, Konstantin Itunin
12‑year‑old Vanya and his friend travel from their village to Moscow to find his father and encounter a mysterious man called the German on their journey. release in 2026
ON THIS LAND
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In Late 18th century A runaway peasant earns the fame of the "Russian Icarus" when he tests his homemade wings with a daring jump from a rooftop.
FESTIVALS: ROTTERDAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IFFR2025/BRIGHT FUTURE, Mayak Film Festival 2024 Winner: Best Cinematography, Special Mention. ISRAEL Cinema South Film Festival 2025 Winner: Visual Signature, Festival du Film Russe pour une autre Russie (Paris) 2025, Message to Man International Film Festival (St Petersburg) 2025, Young Russian Cinema Festival NEW MOVEMENT (Veliky Novgorod) 2025, Transmutación Festival de Cine Contemporáneo (Mexico City) 2025.
CONVENIENCE STORE
A supermarket in a Moscow suburb is the heart of darkness for the Uzbek "employees" who work there around the clock and are threatened, abused and imprisoned. Mukhabbat escapes and reveals the vicious circle of modern slavery. BASED ON THE REAL EVENTS.
FESTIVALS: BERLINALE 2022 - PANORAMA SECTION, WINNER OF THE C.I.C.A.E. AWARD , TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2022 - WORLD FOCUS SECTION, SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2022, ASIAN FEATURE FILM COMPETITION, WINNER OF BEST PERFORMANCE, INDIELISBOA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2022, ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL 2022, TAIPEI FILM FESTIVAL 2022
Where to Watch: klassiki.online, PREMIERE, NTV+
PREMIERED IN THE PANORAMA SECTION OF THE BERLINale 2022
criminal drama written and directed by MIKHAIL BORODIN
LIGHT
PRODUCTION: WISH MEDIA
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On the threshold of her sixtieth birthday, Tatyana Sergeevna unexpectedly faces a past that she has always tried to forget. It makes her look back and realize what kind of life she lived.
FESTIVALS: WINDOW TO EUROPE FILM FESTIVAL winner: BEST FILM, Best Ensemble Cast, special PrizE, ONE SIXTEENTH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF DEBUT FILMS OF THE EURASIAN CONTINENT , winner: BEST NATIONAL FICTION DEBUT , LAMPA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: BEST FEATURE FILM, STALKER HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL: SPECIAL DIPLOMA OF THE GUILD OF FILM DIRECTORS OF RUSSIA • SEVERNY KHARAKTER FILM FESTIVAL - BEST ACTRESS ELENA YAKOVLEVA • KARO.ART INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CINÉMA D’AUTEUR, SPIRIT OF FIRE INTERNATIONAL DEBUT FILM FESTIVAL, INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ZERKALO TARKOVSKY’S PHILOSOPHY • YOUNG RUSSIAN CINEMA FESTIVAL NEW MOVEMENT , RUSSIAN FILM FESTIVAL CHINA 2024 • RUSSIAN FILM FESTIVAL SERBIA - AUTHORIAL FILMS PROGRAMME, BELGRADE, NOVI SAD NIS, International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, Havana, Cuba, 2025
Where to Watch: WINK, IVI
Through the roots
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As an ode to her grandfather, choreographer Daria Titova returns to the rural land he cherished in Sokur, Russia. Through movement and evocative visual language, she explores memory, family heritage, and a sense of belonging - inviting the audience to reconnect with their own roots.
FESTIVALS: CINEDANS FEST 2025 • MENTE LOCALE - VISIONI SUL TERRITORIO 2025, ITALY • INSHADOW LISBON - INTERNATIONAL VIDEODANCE COMPETITION • SOMA FILM 2025 - TYUMEN • SYMBIOSIS DANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2025 - WINNER • BODYSCOPE DANCE FILM FESTIVAL • ZERO PLUS 2025 - CHILDREN AND YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL • NICE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2025, FRANCE
Number 26
PRODUCTION: millimeter film
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Ski school instructor Nika initially tries to hide an accident on the slopes that happened on his watch. But when that night it becomes obvious that student Number 26 is missing, he confesses the truth to his girlfriend Nata. Together, they must share the responsibility for this dreadful secret.
FESTIVALS: Uppsala Short Film Festival 2021, Sweden, Zagreb Film Festival 2021, Croatia, Red Sea Film Festival 2021, Saudi Arabia, Tbilisi International Film Festival 2021, Georgia, In The Palace International Short Film Festival 2022, Bulgaria, Sehsüchte International Film Festival 2022, Germany, South East European Film Festival Los Angeles 2022, USA, In The Palace International Short Film Festival 2022, Bulgaria, International Film Festival Kino Otok - Isola Cinema, Slovenia, Monterrey International Film Festival 2022, Mexico
FIreworks
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A minivan is going through the evening city. Passengers come out one by one in different places. Nothing is known about them except that they're about to launch a series of simultaneous terrorist attacks.
FESTIVALS: SHORT OF THE WEEK 2023 – WINNER UNSANCTIONED SHORTS COMPETITION – SHNIT WORLDWIDE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2020 – BRNO FILM FESTIVAL 2021 – BEAST INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2021 – SPIRIT OF FIRE 2020 – MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2021 – AMUR AUTUMN 2020
