Aleksey Fedorchenko (russian: Алексе́й Станисла́вович Федо́рченко; born 1966) is a

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

from

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

who won accolades at the

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...

with the

mockumentary A mockumentary (a blend of ''mock'' and ''documentary''), fake documentary or docu-comedy is a type of film or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary. These productions are often used to analyze or comment on c ...

First on the Moon ''First on the Moon'' (russian: Первые на Луне, ''Pervye na Lune'') is a 2005 Russian mockumentary science fiction film about a fictional 1930s Soviet landing on the Moon. The film, which went on to win many awards, was the debut of ...

'' (2005) and later with ''

Silent Souls ''Silent Souls'' (Russian: Овся́нки, "The Buntings") is a 2010 Russian road drama film that was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice Film Festival. It is based on a 2008 novella by Denis Osokin. The film was awarded the Golden ...

'' (2010), a magical realist tale about the long-extinct Finnic tribe of

Merya Merya may refer to: * Merya people * Merya language, an extinct language * Merya (Tanzanian ward) See also * Meryan (disambiguation) * Merja (disambiguation), pronounced "Merya" * Meria (disambiguation) * Marya The Marya are a tribe in western Er ...

. His 2012 film '' Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari'' has been selected to be screened in the Vanguard section at the

2013 Toronto International Film Festival The 38th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 5 and 15, 2013. '' The Fifth Estate'' was selected as the opening film and '' Life of Crime'' was the closing film. 75 films were ...

. As of 2013, Fedorchenko was involved in producing ''Space Mowgli'', an adaptation of a science fiction novella by the Strugatsky brothers. Fedorchenko's film '' Anna's War'' won the Russian Golden Eagle Award in the Best Film category. He also won the award for

Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to: Film awards * AACTA Award for Best Direction * Academy Award for Best Director * BA ...

.Картина «Война Анны» получила премию «Золотой орёл» и стала лучшим фильмом года
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Filmography

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'' (2005) *''

'' (2010) *'' Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari'' (2012) *'' Anna's War'' (2018) *''The Last Darling Bulgaria'' (2021)

References

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* * 1966 births Russian film directors Mass media people from Yekaterinburg Living people {{Russia-film-director-stub