Angelina Nikonova (born February 27, 1976) is a Russian filmmaker,
script writer and film producer.Angelina Nikonova was born in
Rostov-on-Don. She dreamed about film directing since her childhood.
However, the situation with national film production in Russia is
complicated, especially for a woman. As Angelina notices: ‘Women as
film directors are rarely trusted’. Moreover, Russian viewer is
reluctant to national product. People rather go to watch Hollywood
production, than a film made in Russia. However, Angelina did not give
up on her dream. She applied to All-Russian State University of
Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov (aka VGIK). However, as she
claims later, it was easier to immigrate to USA than to get accepted
in VGIK. In 2001 she graduated from New York School of Visual Arts,
with major in Film and Video.In 2011 Angelina Nikonova and her partner
Olga Dihovichnaya shot a feature film Twilight Portrait (Portret v
symerkah), using a simple reflective camera due to the low budget.
However, the film made a great success and won a number of prices,
including international price for best debut 2011 on Warsaw
International Film Festival. For the film, Angelina worked as a
director, a script writer, a producer, a location manager, casting
director, make-up artists, and art director. At the same time,
Angelina Nikonova worked as an organizator of International Film
Festival 2morrow/Zavtra.Twilight Portrait (aka Portret v Sumerkakh)
received its world premiere at the 2011 Kinotavr Open Russian Film
Festival, where it became a subject of understandable controversy
among both critics and audiences.
script writer and film producer.Angelina Nikonova was born in
Rostov-on-Don. She dreamed about film directing since her childhood.
However, the situation with national film production in Russia is
complicated, especially for a woman. As Angelina notices: ‘Women as
film directors are rarely trusted’. Moreover, Russian viewer is
reluctant to national product. People rather go to watch Hollywood
production, than a film made in Russia. However, Angelina did not give
up on her dream. She applied to All-Russian State University of
Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov (aka VGIK). However, as she
claims later, it was easier to immigrate to USA than to get accepted
in VGIK. In 2001 she graduated from New York School of Visual Arts,
with major in Film and Video.In 2011 Angelina Nikonova and her partner
Olga Dihovichnaya shot a feature film Twilight Portrait (Portret v
symerkah), using a simple reflective camera due to the low budget.
However, the film made a great success and won a number of prices,
including international price for best debut 2011 on Warsaw
International Film Festival. For the film, Angelina worked as a
director, a script writer, a producer, a location manager, casting
director, make-up artists, and art director. At the same time,
Angelina Nikonova worked as an organizator of International Film
Festival 2morrow/Zavtra.Twilight Portrait (aka Portret v Sumerkakh)
received its world premiere at the 2011 Kinotavr Open Russian Film
Festival, where it became a subject of understandable controversy
among both critics and audiences.
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