LUDA KUROPIATNIKOVA
cinematographer
ludmilakuropyatnikova@gmail.com
represented by SYNDICATE
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«New» // fiction, 23 min, dir. Zhenia Kazankina 2023
«RIO» // fiction, 22 min, dir. Zhenia Kazankina 2019
«Empty rooms» // experimental, documentary film, 5 min, dir. Zhenia Kazankina 2022
«Continuity of parks» // experimental, 11min, dir. Zhenia Kazankina 2022
«Chudische» // Straight8 2019 submission - one roll of super8 film no editing
Jagodki // super short film, 2 min, dir.Zhenia Kazankina 2018
fashion & commercial
love to knit
Lamoda // krasivo 2020
The blueprint x gucci
TSUM motion shop windows
unifarious
The Blueprint x Tiffany // Misha & Ira
yandex.go
The Blueprint x Tiffany // Ilya & Dasha
Jenek
«New»
fiction, 23 min, dir. Zhenia Kazankina 2023
Outskirts of Moscow. A girl comes to an unfamiliar apartment to look after a dog. After a while,
she realizes that the owner of the apartment has disappeared, and now she finds herself among
a chain of people who have been looking after the owner's dog and replacing each other in this
apartment for many years. In search of the apartment owner, the girl is actually searching for
her identity.
Selections: Cinéma Du DemainCannes 2023 / Focus Work-in-Progress lab
Outskirts of Moscow. A girl comes to an unfamiliar apartment to look after a dog. After a while,
she realizes that the owner of the apartment has disappeared, and now she finds herself among
a chain of people who have been looking after the owner's dog and replacing each other in this
apartment for many years. In search of the apartment owner, the girl is actually searching for
her identity.
Selections: Cinéma Du DemainCannes 2023 / Focus Work-in-Progress lab
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«RIO»
fiction, 22 min, dir. Zhenia Kazankina 2019
Paulina lives and works in a small hotel in the northern town near the border. She and her friend Nadia dream of a different, paradise and exotic world. One day a stranger arrives at the hotel. Torn between a man and a friend, Paulina is trying to understand who she really is and what she wants most in her life.
Awards:
Mikeldi Award for Best Fiction Short Film / ZINEBI FF
Best International Film / Tel Aviv International Student FF
Best Youth Film / Sehsüchte FF
Gold Frame & Audience Award / Short Focus FF
Best International Short Film / Orvieto Cinema Fest
Best NextGen Film / Nashville FF
Special Jury Mention / Shnit.Russia
Best Cinematography / VGIK International Student FF
Selections: Palm Springs International ShortFest; The International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao; TiSFF Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival; Curtas Vila do Conde Festival; Mammoth Lakes Film Festival; Nashville Film Festival; Poitiers Film Festival; London Short Film Festival; Festival Mecal Barcelona; FILMFEST Dresden; Shnit Short film festival; Sehsüchte Film Festival; Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival; Zlin film festival; Malatesta Short Film Festival; Short Focus Film Festival; Orvieto Cinema Fest; Denver Film Festival October; 5th EUREKA; University Film Festival Columbia; FILMSCHOOLFEST Munich; Scanorama New Baltic Cinema program; Etiuda & Anima International FilmFestival; Visioni Corte Film Festival; Diorama International Film Festival; Euroshorts International Film Festival; Kustendorf Film Festival; BuSho Film Festival; Cinemagic 'On the Pulse' Online Film Festival; CASCADIA Film Festival; Cellu l'art FF
Paulina lives and works in a small hotel in the northern town near the border. She and her friend Nadia dream of a different, paradise and exotic world. One day a stranger arrives at the hotel. Torn between a man and a friend, Paulina is trying to understand who she really is and what she wants most in her life.
Awards:
Mikeldi Award for Best Fiction Short Film / ZINEBI FF
Best International Film / Tel Aviv International Student FF
Best Youth Film / Sehsüchte FF
Gold Frame & Audience Award / Short Focus FF
Best International Short Film / Orvieto Cinema Fest
Best NextGen Film / Nashville FF
Special Jury Mention / Shnit.Russia
Best Cinematography / VGIK International Student FF
Selections: Palm Springs International ShortFest; The International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao; TiSFF Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival; Curtas Vila do Conde Festival; Mammoth Lakes Film Festival; Nashville Film Festival; Poitiers Film Festival; London Short Film Festival; Festival Mecal Barcelona; FILMFEST Dresden; Shnit Short film festival; Sehsüchte Film Festival; Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival; Zlin film festival; Malatesta Short Film Festival; Short Focus Film Festival; Orvieto Cinema Fest; Denver Film Festival October; 5th EUREKA; University Film Festival Columbia; FILMSCHOOLFEST Munich; Scanorama New Baltic Cinema program; Etiuda & Anima International FilmFestival; Visioni Corte Film Festival; Diorama International Film Festival; Euroshorts International Film Festival; Kustendorf Film Festival; BuSho Film Festival; Cinemagic 'On the Pulse' Online Film Festival; CASCADIA Film Festival; Cellu l'art FF
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«Empty rooms»
experimental, documentary film, 5 min, dir. Zhenia Kazankina 2022
After 24th February 2022, many people emigrated from Russia for various reasons. Among these people were my friends and lovers. In April, when I was completely alone in Moscow, I made a film about it. This film is my love letter to those people who can no longer be near me.
Selections: GoShort International Short FF Nijmegen (WP); Mammoth Lakes FF; Encounters FF; Kasseler DocFest; Entrevues Belfort FF; Bogotá Short FF; IFF Message to Man
After 24th February 2022, many people emigrated from Russia for various reasons. Among these people were my friends and lovers. In April, when I was completely alone in Moscow, I made a film about it. This film is my love letter to those people who can no longer be near me.
Selections: GoShort International Short FF Nijmegen (WP); Mammoth Lakes FF; Encounters FF; Kasseler DocFest; Entrevues Belfort FF; Bogotá Short FF; IFF Message to Man
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«Continuity of parks»
experimental, 11min, dir. Zhenia Kazankina 2022
Deprived of their familiar context, the heroes of ancient Greek myths find themselves in a Moscow park.
Selections: Tirana Film Festival (WP); Reykjavík International Film Festival; Nashville Film Festival; Orvieto Cinema Fest; FEST – New Directors | New Films Festival; Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival; Bosphorus Film Festival
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Director's notes
Deprived of their familiar context, the heroes of ancient Greek myths find themselves in a Moscow park.
Selections: Tirana Film Festival (WP); Reykjavík International Film Festival; Nashville Film Festival; Orvieto Cinema Fest; FEST – New Directors | New Films Festival; Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival; Bosphorus Film Festival
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"Jagodki"
super short film, 2 min, dir.Zhenia Kazankina 2018
A lovely meditation on simple pleasures. Further inspired by the ringing sounds of Carl Orff's xylophone inventions and films of Eric Rohmer, "Jagodki" is a reflection on the nostalgic mysteries and quiet sensuality of this special kind of boredom.
Selections: Sarajevo Film Festival
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A lovely meditation on simple pleasures. Further inspired by the ringing sounds of Carl Orff's xylophone inventions and films of Eric Rohmer, "Jagodki" is a reflection on the nostalgic mysteries and quiet sensuality of this special kind of boredom.
Selections: Sarajevo Film Festival
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luda kuropyatnikova
Born, grew and graduated in Russia. Freelance cinematographer. In love with Kodak motion film and experimental visual.
Education
- Rodchenko Moscow School of photography and multimedia // 2012
- Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) director of photography, MA // 2014 - 2019
Filmography
NEW // short film dir.Zhenia Kazankina 2023
prod. Stereotactic
EMPTY ROOMS // short doc film dir.Zhenia Kazankina 2022
CONTINUITY OF PARKS // short film dir.Zhenia Kazankina 2022 IMDb
RIO // short film dir.Zhenia Kazankina 2019 IMDb
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