Director,
Writer,
Producer
Born 1986, USSR (Russia)
 
 
Vitali SUSLIN
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Виталий СУСЛИН
Vitali SOUSLINE
Filmography (extracts)
 
Director
2026 - Snezhinka i Snegovik (Снежинка и Снеговик) [fiction, 19 mn]
2026 - Urban Improvement (Благоустройство) [fiction, 81 mn]
2022 - Camel Way (Верблюжья дуга) [fiction, 84 mn]
2021 - Rapana (Рапана) [fiction, 90 mn]
2020 - Papier-maché (Папье-Маше) [fiction, 77 mn]
2019 - Sedmoy probeg po konturu Zemnovo shara (Седьмой пробег по контуру Земного шара) [fiction, full length film]
2017 - Head. Two ears (Голова. Два уха) [fiction, full length film]
2015 - Defile (Дефиле) [fiction, 86 mn]
2013 - Shnyr (Шнырь) [fiction, 11 mn]
 
Writer
2026 - Snezhinka i Snegovik (Снежинка и Снеговик) from Vitali SUSLIN [fiction, 19 mn]
2026 - Urban Improvement (Благоустройство) from Vitali SUSLIN [fiction, 81 mn]
2022 - Camel Way (Верблюжья дуга) from Vitali SUSLIN [fiction, 84 mn]
2021 - Rapana (Рапана) from Vitali SUSLIN [fiction, 90 mn]
2020 - Papier-maché (Папье-Маше) from Vitali SUSLIN [fiction, 77 mn]
2019 - Sedmoy probeg po konturu Zemnovo shara (Седьмой пробег по контуру Земного шара) from Vitali SUSLIN [fiction, full length film]
2015 - Defile (Дефиле) from Vitali SUSLIN [fiction, 86 mn]
2013 - Shnyr (Шнырь) from Vitali SUSLIN [fiction, 11 mn]
 
Producer
2017 - Head. Two ears (Голова. Два уха) from Vitali SUSLIN [fiction, full length film]
 
Sites : IMDb, Kinopoisk
Awards :
:
Best Screenplay, Festival of new Russian cinema "Gorky fest", Nizhniy Novgorod (Russia), 2026
Urban Improvement :
Best Screenplay, "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival ''A Window to Europe'', Vyborg (Russia), 2026
Sedmoy probeg po konturu Zemnovo shara :
Special Jury prize, Feature Film International Competition, International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2020
Guild of Historians of Cinema and Film Critics Prize, International Film Festival of the Commonwealth Countries "Moscow Premiere", Moscow (Russia), 2020
Special Jury prize, "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival ''A Window to Europe'', Vyborg (Russia), 2019
Head. Two ears :
Best Screenplay, Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2017
Guild of Historians of Cinema and Film Critics Diploma, Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2017
Biography
Originally from Voronezh.
The son of doctors, he attended and graduated from a medical academy. He later realized his true calling lay elsewhere. He moved to Moscow and enrolled at VGIK (in Karen Shakhnazarov’s workshop). In 2012, he graduated from the Directing Department at VGIK (under K. Shakhnazarov and O. Shucher). He participated in two VGIK International Student Festivals and the "Kinotavr" Open Russian Film Festival. He was a winner at the "Dvizhenie" (Movement) Debut Film Festival and received the Press Award at the 12th "Baltic Debuts" International Debut Film Festival. "Defile" is his first feature film.
 
Commentaries
- Марина Копылова. Герой моего времени [A propos du réalisateur Vitali Sousline] Марина КОПЫЛОВА, 2023, kinopressa.ru
- 10 лучших российских фильмов 2021 года Версия кинообозревателя «Труда» Леонида Павлючика [10 meilleurs films russes de 2021 selon le journal Trud] , Leonid PAVLYUCHIK, 2022, trud.ru
- Опрос «Искусства Кино»: лучшие российские фильмы 2022 года [Les meilleurs films russes de 2022 selon «Isskustvo Kino» Сергей ДЁШИН, 2022, kinoart.ru
- Vitalii Suslin: Papier-mâché (2020) Anastasia KRIACHKO RØREN, 2021, Kinokultura
- 10 фильмов 2020 года: выбор «Искусства Кино» [10 meilleurs films du monde de 2020 selon Iskusstvo Kino] 2020, kinoart.ru