Private Project

Lap Dogs

A reimagining of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's vision of Russian nihilism through fragments from his novel "Demons" and scenes from Perestroika cinema, depicting physical and political apathy in domestic settings.

  • Project Type:
    Experimental
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Language:
    Russian
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography

EDUCATION

2016 - 2023 / Academy of Media Arts Cologne (Media & Fine Arts, Diploma)
2011 - 2016 / Russian State University for the Humanities (Film Studies, Postgraduate)
2006 - 2011 / Moscow State Linguistic University (Translation Studies, Diploma)

AWARDS

2023 / Research and Work Scholarship of the City of Cologne
2021 / Winner of Short Film Competition, New Holland Island International Debut Film Festival
2020 / Digital Earth finalist, The Foundation for Support of Contemporary Art Winzavod
2020 / Film Foundation NRW (North Rhine-Westphania), Graduation Film
2020 / Art Foundation NRW (North Rhine-Westphania), Young Scene, Visual Art
2019 / Art Foundation NRW (North Rhine-Westphalia), Project Scholarship
2018 / Scholarship of the Circle of Friends of the Academy of Media Arts
2017 / DAAD Prize for Outstanding Achievements of Foreign Students

SELECTED FILMS

THE SYSTEM OF THE GARDEN
by Danila Lipatov, Karen Zimmermann
HD, 16:9, color, 5.1, 68 min.
Visions du Réel 2023, VdR–Film Market, Nyon
Tashkent Film Encounters 2023
floor 2023, Seoul
arthotek 2021, Cologne

THE MOUNTAIN SICKNESS OF THE RUSSIAN BORDER GUARD
found footage, HD, 16:9, color, stereo, 18 min.
newArea4spatialArts 2023, Bremen
Artdocfest 2022, Moscow
Kol-Fest 2022, Kyrgyzstan
139 Documentary Center, Uzbekistan
International Festival of Film Debuts 2022, Khanty-Mansiysk
2nd Microbiennale of Horizontal Initiatives 2021, Moscow

THE SEA WORRIES ONCE. OVERTURE
found footage, HD, 4:3, color, stereo, 8 min.
Kunstmuseum Bonn 2023
Sao Paulo ISFF 2022
Alternative film/video 2022, Belgrad
blicke filmfestival des ruhrgebiets 2022, Bochum
139 Documentary Center, Uzbekistan
International Forum of Performance Art 2022, Drama
shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival 2021, Moscow
Digital Earth Exhibition 2020, Winzavod, Moscow

LAP DOGS
found footage, HD, 4:3, color, 5.1, 8 min.
newArea4spatialArts 2023, Bremen
Rencontres Internationales Traverse 2023, Toulouse
FREIRAUM 2022, Düsseldorf
International Video Art Festival Now&After 2022, Moscow
FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival 2021, Espinho
34th Festival Les Instants Vidéo 2021, Milan
Dostoyevsky 200, Theater of Nations, Moscow

OUR FEELINGS OF FLIGHT
HD, 16:9, b/w, color, 5.1, 38 min.
newArea4spatialArts 2023, Bremen
139 Documentary Center, Uzbekistan
Ji.hlava IDFF 2021, East Silver Market, Jihlava
New Holland Island International Debut Film Festival 2021,
Saint Petersburg, Winner of Short Film Competition
Moscow International Experimental Film Festival 2021, Moscow
Visions du Réel 2021, VdR–Film Market, Nyon
Zverev Art Prize Exhibition 2021, Winzavod, Moscow

OVERWHELMING ATTRACTION
found footage, HD, 4:3, color, stereo, 7 min.
IN OUT Festival 2022, Gdansk
dresdner schmalfilmtage 2022
Rencontres Internationales Traverse 2022, Toulouse
exground filmfest 2021, Wiesbaden
blicke filmfestival des ruhrgebiets 2021, Bochum
International Video Art Festival Now&After’20’21, Moscow
Artdocfest 2020, Moscow

tot in...
found footage, HD, 16:9, color, stereo, 21 min.
Visions du Réel 2020, Media Library, Nyon

SUNDAY’S SONGS
16mm, HD, 4:3, color, 5.1, 11 min.
Stranger than Fiction 2020, Cologne

MY HOUSE OF BOOKS
found footage, HD, 16:9, 4:3, color, b/w, stereo, 36 min.
Artdocfest 2019, Moscow

SELECTED PERFORMANCES

(WORK)
performative video installation
by performance collective You Are Group
Theater Münster
litfilms 2020, Münster
FAVORITEN 2020, Dortmund
1000 Scores, Rimini Protokoll, PACT Zollverein

YOU ARE
durational performance
by performance collective You Are Group
Ruhrtriennale 2019, Bochum
Videonale 2019, Bonn
Festival SCHAUSTELLEN! 2018, Münster
Art Cologne 2018

once the beat is right
durational performance
by performance collective AWTY?
Floating University, Raumlabor, Berlin

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