Vladimir Bitokov ( rus, Владимир Артурович Битоков) is a Russian film director and screenwriter, student of

Alexander Sokurov Alexander Nikolayevich Sokurov, PAR (russian: link=no, Александр Николаевич Сокуров; born 14 June 1951) is a Russian filmmaker. His most significant works include a feature film, ''Russian Ark'' (2002), filmed in a s ...

. After school, Bitokov studied at the

Kabardino-Balkarian State University Kabardino-Balkarian State University (KBSU); russian: Кабардино-Балкарский государственный университет имени Х. М. Бербекова ''Kabardino_Balkarskii gosudarstvennii universitet imeni H. ...

in the English department. In 2010, when Sokurov launched his course at the KBSU, Bitokov entered the course and graduated in 2015 together with

Kira Kovalenko Kira Takhirovna Kovalenko ( rus, Кира Тахировна Коваленко, born 12 December 1989) is a Russian film director and screenwriter. Biography After school, Kovalenko went to college and graduated in web-design. In 2010-2015 s ...

Alexander Zolotukhin Alexander Nikolayevich Zolotukhin ( rus, Александр Николаевич Золотухин) is a Russian film director and scenarist, student of Alexander Sokurov. Biography Alexander was born to a military pilot serving in Ukraine, t ...

and

Kantemir Balagov Kantemir Arturovich Balagov (russian: Кантемир Артурович Балагов, kbd, Бэлагъы Артурыкъуэ Къантемыр; born 28 July 1991) is a Russian film director of Circassian descent, screenwriter and cinema ...

. In 2014 Bitokov wrote a script that later was used for his movie ''Deep Rivers''. With Sokurov's help, the movie was made in Kabardian that Bitokov himself knew poorly. ''Deep Rivers'' premiered at the

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has become ...

and received numerous awards, including Best Director Debut at the 2018

Kinotavr Kinotavr (russian: Кинотавр), also known as the Sochi Open Russian Film Festival is an open film festival held in the resort city of Sochi, Russia annually in June since 1991, until it was cancelled in the wake of the 2022 Russian invasio ...

. After graduation, he worked as a live broadcast director at the Kabardino-Balkarian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. After the release of ''Deep Rivers'', Bitokov had to work as a courier. His second movie ''

Mama, I'm Home ''Mama, I'm Home'' (russian: Мама, я дома) is a 2021 Russian drama film directed by Vladimir Bitokov. The film was included into the Orizzonti Extra program of the 78th Venice International Film Festival The 78th annual Venice Inter ...

'' was produced by

Alexander Rodnyansky Alexander Yefymovych Rodnyansky ( uk, Олекса́ндр Юхи́мович Родня́нський, Oleksandr Yukhymovych Rodnianskyi; born July 2, 1961) is a Ukrainian film director, film producer, television executive and businessman. As a me ...

and was selected to the Orizzonti Extra program of the

78th Venice International Film Festival The 78th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 1 to 11 September 2021. South Korean director Bong Joon-ho was appointed as the President of the Jury, marking the first time a South Korean director has been picked as the festiv ...

. In 2022, he made his debut as an actor in Eugene Grigoryev's film ''Breakneck Speed''. Bitokov is married, the couple has two kids.

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