Dr Natalia Jezova is an award wining, multidisciplinary artist. She achieved her Professional Doctorate in Fine Art at the University of East London in 2021.
Natalia communicates through a wide variety of media, including photography, film and installation. Her art, which has been exhibited internationally, addresses cultural memory, identity and gender issues.
During her studies at the University of East London she had been under the supervision of avant-garde filmmaker Professor John Smith. He encouraged Natalia to work with a 16mm camera and to experiment with actuality and abstraction, and he has had a big influence on her formation as a filmmaker.
Natalia's short films fascinated by the immersive power of narrative scenarios that blur the lines between imagination, reality and memory. She subverts the perceived boundaries between documentary, fiction, representation and abstraction. Often rooted in everyday life, her meticulously crafted films playfully explore the multifaceted language of cinema.
Natalia's work is never quite what first appears to be. Her images depict meticulously controlled compositions characterised by a classical aesthetic, tinged with poetic undertones of timeless desire and romantic.
Natalia mixes classical and modern aspects and her artworks are multi-layered, containing their own little secrets that viewers are invited to discover. As Natalia says: “What could be more enchanting than a mystery? I suppose, only the love for the mystery and the quest which one embarks on in trying to solve it.”
  • Writer (6 Credits)
    The Swallow
    Short
    JUST COFFEE2024
    Experimental, Short
    UBI SUNT2024
    Experimental, Short
    A POSTERIORI2023
    Experimental
    11592021
    Short
    Massif2021
    Short
  • Director (6 Credits)
    The Swallow
    Short
    JUST COFFEE2024
    Experimental, Short
    UBI SUNT2024
    Experimental, Short
    A POSTERIORI2023
    Experimental
    11592021
    Short
    Massif2021
    Short
  • Producer (5 Credits)
    The Swallow
    Short
    JUST COFFEE2024
    Experimental, Short
    UBI SUNT2024
    Experimental, Short
    11592021
    Short
    Massif2021
    Short
  • Acting (2 Credits)
    JUST COFFEE2024
    Experimental, Short
    A POSTERIORI2023
    Experimental
Award Winner
A POSTERIORI
Osaka Horizon International Film Festival
Osaka
2026
Finalist
A POSTERIORI
Golden Lion Geneva Awards
Geneva
2026
Selected
A POSTERIORI
Berlin Aurora Film Festival
Berlin
2026
Nomenee
A POSTERIORI
Moondust
Online
2026
Selected
UBI SUNT
Seoul International Short Film Festival
Seoul
2026
Award Winner
A POSTERIORI
ICE MOVIE AWARDS
Courcevele
2025
Award Winner
A POSTERIORI
London Vision Film Festival
London
2025
Award Winner
A POSTERIORI
Cinema Royale: Paris Edition
Paris
2025
Selected
UBI SUNT
New York Tri-State International Film Festival
New York
2025
Award Winner
UBI SUNT
One-Reeler Short Film Competition
Los Angeles, CA
2025
Selected
UBI SUNT
Munich New Wave Short Film Festival
Munich
2025
Award Winner
UBI SUNT
Global Shorts International Film Festival
Los Angeles, California
2025
Semi-Finalist
UBI SUNT
LWIFF | Lonely Wolf
Online
2025
Selected
UBI SUNT
Independent International Film Festival and AWARDS, SIFFA
London
2025
Semi-Finalist
UBI SUNT
YETI FilmFest
Online
2025
Femi-Finalist
UBI SUNT
Film Revolution
Online
2025
Nominee
A POSTERIORI
Caçador de Filmes
Online
2025
Finalist
A POSTERIORI
Pražské filmové ceny IndieMania
Prague
2025
Semi-Finalist
A POSTERIORI
AREA51 Online Film Festival
2025
Semi Finalist
A POSTERIORI
ICEBERG Film Awards
Oslo
2024
Semi Finalist
A POSTERIORI
Creator X
2024
Nominee
A POSTERIORI
MAGMA
2024
Semi Finalist
A POSTERIORI
Film Revolution Fest
2024
Nominee
A POSTERIORI
Moonlight Film Festival
2024
Official Selection
A POSTERIORI
Cinescape Lisbon Film Festival
Lisbon
2024
Award Winner
A POSTERIORI
Alpine International Film Festival
Bern
2024
Official Selection
A POSTERIORI
Darkland
2024
Best Director Award in Short Experimental Film Nomination
A POSTERIORI
Golden Swan Zurich Film Festival
Zurich
2024
Selected
A POSTERIORI
Sydney Cinematic Horizons Film Festival
Sydney, New South Wales 2010
2024
Selected
A POSTERIORI
Venice Under the Stars International Film Festival
Venice 30176
2024
Semi-Finalist
A POSTERIORI
C L I M A X Film Festival
2024
Award Winner
A POSTERIORI
Hidden Universes: IFF Melbourne Melbourne
Melbourne
2024
Special Mentions
UBI SUNT
Global Shorts International Film Festival
Los Angeles, California
2024
Official Selection
UBI SUNT
Tokyo International Short Film Festival
Tokyo
2024
Official Selection
UBI SUNT
Roma Short Film Festival
Rome
2024
Award Winner
A POSTERIORI
One-Reeler Short Film Competition
Los Angeles
2023
Award Winner
A POSTERIORI
Global Shorts
Los Angeles, CA 90007
2023
Award Winner
A POSTERIORI
One-Reeler Short Film Competition
Los Angeles, CA 90007
2023
Nominee
A POSTERIORI
LWIFF | Lonely Wolf Film Festiva
London
2023
Award Winner
1159
Global Shorts
Los Angeles, CA 90007
2022
Awards Winner
The Swallow
One-Reeler Short Film Competition
Los Angeles, CA 90007
2022
Award Winner
The Swallow
Global Shorts
Los Angeles, CA 90007
2022
Finalist
Massif
Serbest International Film Festival (SIFF)
Kishinev
2022
Special Mention
JUST COFFEE
One-Reeler Short Film Competition
Los Angeles, CA 90007
2022
Selected
JUST COFFEE
FLICKFAIR Film Festival
Los Angeles, California
2022
Semi-Finalist
UBI SUNT
F A R O Concurso de Cinema Mediterrâneo e Mundial F A R O Concurso de Cinema Mediterrâneo e Mundial
Online
Semi-Finalist
UBI SUNT
ICEBERG Film Awards
Online
Semi-Finalist
JUST COFFEE
YETI FilmFest
Online
Semi-Finalist
JUST COFFEE
Film Revolution
Online
Semi-Finalist
JUST COFFEE
Nocturna
Online
Semi-Finalist
JUST COFFEE
AREA51 FilmFest AREA51 FilmFest
Online
Semi-Finalist
JUST COFFEE
CAÇADOR DE FILMES MEXICO
Mexico
Honorables mention.
Massif
One Reeler Short Film Competition, 2021.
Semi-Finalist
UBI SUNT
Filmonaco
Online
Semi-Finalist
UBI SUNT
Pražské filmové ceny IndieMania
Prague
Semi-Finalist
UBI SUNT
AREA51 FilmFest
Online
Semi-Finalist
UBI SUNT
Caçador de Filmes
Online
Official selection
A POSTERIORI
FILMONACO
Nominee
A POSTERIORI
Daydream Film Festival
Online
Official Selection
A POSTERIORI
SENSEI FilmFest
Tokio
Semi Finalist
A POSTERIORI
FilmHaus Festival
Berlin
Nominee
A POSTERIORI
NOCTURNA Film Festival
Brooclyn
College
University of East london
Professional Doctorate in Fine Art
20152021
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