Russian art-cinema curator, film historian, critic, and distributor. Co-author of arthouse distribution manifesto in Russia, PROJECT 35, implemented from 2000 at 35MM cinema in Moscow. Participated in organizing companies Cinema Without Borders and LeopART, which handled arthouse film distribution, and co-founded KiNote.info portal about arthouse cinema. In 2010s, served as programming director of 2morrow/Zavtra festival and was one of creators of the first Russian international film market, Red Square Screenings. Founder of international film sales companies ANT!PODE Sales & Distribution and Antidote Sales. Conducts public lectures on history and aesthetics of auteur cinema. Has lectured at Moscow branch of New York Film Academy, Documentary Film Center in Moscow, Nekrasov Library in Moscow, Higher School of Economics, and French Institute in Russia.

Cinema: A Public Affair

2015