Kseniya Yorsh (born February 10, 1990, in Minsk, Belarus) is a Belarusian film producer who resides in Los Angeles.

Education

Yorsh obtained her degree in International Relations at the

Belarusian State University Belarusian State University (BSU) ( be, links=no, Белару́скі дзяржа́ўны ўніверсітэ́т, ; russian: links=no, Белору́сский госуда́рственный университе́т) is a university in Mins ...

in Minsk, Belarus. She later went to receive a 1-Year Conservatory certificate in Documentary Filmmaking from the

New York Film Academy New York Film Academy – School of Film and Acting (NYFA) is a private for-profit film school and acting school based in New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami. The New York Film Academy was founded in 1992 by Jerry Sherlock, a former film, t ...

in Los Angeles, CA, and a Business and Management of Entertainment certificate from

UCLA Extension UCLA Extension is a public continuing education institution headquartered in Westwood, Los Angeles, on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles. Classes are held at UCLA, in Downtown Los Angeles, and other locations throughout Los ...

in Los Angeles, CA.

Films

Kseniya's first documentary ''Mask-Up'' talked about perception of female beauty by men and women. She then went on to produce a live-action short film '' What's Next?'' that received nominations at a variety of festivals around the world, such as Miami Independent Film Festival, Roma Cinema DOC, Brocken Knuckle Film Festival, as well as winning InterShort Online Film Awards in September 2015. A documentary Yorsh produced later that year, ''Poly'', was showcased at Cannes Short Film Corner in 2016 and received distribution in Spain with Feelmakers and US with Play Festival Films. In 2016 she did an array of films, starting with ''Unorthodox'' that was nominated for the Audience Award at the

HollyShorts Film Festival The HollyShorts Film Festival is an annual Academy Award®-qualifying independent short film festival located in Hollywood, California. History Founded in 2005, the yearly festival programmes feature an eclectic mixture of short films of various g ...

and was well-reviewed afterwards. A short film ''Visitors'' was nominated for Best Sci-Fi Short at the New York City International Film Festival,

Vail Film Festival The Vail Film Festival is an independent film festival that has taken place annually in Vail, Colorado since 2004. The 19th annual Vail Film Festival will take place virtually from December 1 to 4, 2022. The festival was founded by Sean Cross and ...

, and Newport Beach Film Festival. The film was well received in the review by Tinsel Town News Now. Yorsh also directed and produced the short documentary ''Love in Porn'' - an insider's look into the romantic lives of those who have succeeded in the adult film industry. The film screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016 and received distribution in Spain with Feelmakers, in the US with Play Festival Films and in France with Gonella. The bloggers spoke highly of the sex-positive way in which the film depicts the workers of the sex industry. In 2017 another short film she produced, ''Stand By Her'', is going to Cannes as well. Kseniya Yorsh's latest collaboration is with a Panamanian director Eric Iglesias for whom she is producing a feature film about one girl's choice and test of her moral values.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yorsh, Kseniya 1990 births Living people New York Film Academy alumni