Director,
Writer,
Editor,
Producer
Born 1972, USSR (Russia)
 
 
Mikhail ZHELEZNIKOV
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Михаил ЖЕЛЕЗНИКОВ
Mikhaïl JELEZNIKOV
Filmography (extracts)
 
Director
2023 - Ritual (Ритуал) [experimental, 14 mn]
2021 - Inversion (Инверсия) [documentary, 8 mn]
2019 - 18 (18) [documentary, 17 mn]
2019 - A Good Set of Friends (Набор друзей) [documentary, 17 mn]
2018 - Pebbles (Камешки) [fiction, 11 mn]
2015 - Once Upon a Time in the USSR (Однажды в СССР) [6 mn]
2012 - Mattiola pakhnet dukhami (Маттиола пахнет духами) [documentary, 20 mn]
2010 - Together (Вместе) [5 mn]
2009 - For Home Viewing (Для домашнего просмотра) [documentary, 29 mn]
2008 - Booths (Будка) [documentary, 27 mn]
2006 - Collection # 1 (Коллекция № 1) [documentary, 19 mn]
 
Writer
2012 - Mattiola pakhnet dukhami (Маттиола пахнет духами) from Mikhail ZHELEZNIKOV [documentary, 20 mn]
2009 - For Home Viewing (Для домашнего просмотра) from Mikhail ZHELEZNIKOV [documentary, 29 mn]
2008 - Booths (Будка) from Mikhail ZHELEZNIKOV [documentary, 27 mn]
 
Editor
2015 - Once Upon a Time in the USSR (Однажды в СССР) from Mikhail ZHELEZNIKOV [6 mn]
 
Producer
2023 - Ritual (Ритуал) from Mikhail ZHELEZNIKOV [experimental, 14 mn]
2019 - A Good Set of Friends (Набор друзей) from Mikhail ZHELEZNIKOV [documentary, 17 mn]
2009 - For Home Viewing (Для домашнего просмотра) from Mikhail ZHELEZNIKOV [documentary, 29 mn]

Other films
2008 Timewarp, 15 min., DV - experimental documentary about the last seconds of life. Festivals: 31 Norwegian Short FF, Tehran ISFF, Tampere FF.
2005 Good Morning! 2 min., DVD - video art about the fundamental role of sheep in human life. Screened at NEON gallery (Sweden), IZOLENTA (St. Petersburg), etc.
2004 The Flock (Klin), 6 min., DV - experimental documentary about hunting. Screened at OTKAT festival (St.Petersburg), Festival of Russian Art (Berlin), NEON gallery (Sweden), STOY KTO IDET festival (Moscow), ECOFILMS (Greece).
2004 Children Of The Corn (Deti Kukuruzi), 20 min., DVCAM - a documentary about corn campaign in the USSR. Produced by the St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio for the Russian Ministry of Culture.
2003 Valera Elizarov, Larissa Pogoretskaya, Church Bells, - 3 x 10 min., Dig. Beta - documentary episodes for YLE1 and ARTE, co-produced with Corona Films.
2003 Lara, Her Dogness (Ee Sobachestvo Lara), 16 min., DV - a documentary about a lady and her 21 dogs. Screened at Festival der Nationen (Austria), OTKAT (St.Petersburg), KIASMA (Finland), Vidi_Festival (Valencia, 2006).
2002 Tales on the Marshes (Skazki Na Bolote), 5 min., DV - a video-essay on the history of St. Petersburg. Screened at more than 20 international film festivals (Tampere FF, FIPA, Leipzig IFF, dokumentART, Message to Man, etc.), received several awards, incl. the Prize For Best Short Film from Bavarian Television at Regensburg Short Film Week 2003; purchased by KIASMA museum (Helsinki, Finland).
2001 Something in the Air (Chto-to V Atmosfere), 51 min., DV - a documentary about foreigners living in St. Petersburg. Screened at Deboshir IFF (St. Petersburg, 2001).
 
Sites : site officiel, IMDb

Awards :
Collection # 1 :
Prize for best short documentary, Feestival Message To Man, St Petersburg, 2007

Biography
was born in Leningrad in 1972. Graduated Saint-Petersburg University of Cinema and Television. Made films for ARTE and YLE, Corona Films, St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio.