The Baikal International Film Festival "Man and Nature" named after V.G.Rasputin was established by the Union of Cinematographers of Russia and the Irkutsk Regional Branch of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia.
The festival has been held in Irkutsk since 1999 (annually since 2001) with the support of the Russian Ministry of Culture, the Government of the Irkutsk Region, the Ministry of Culture and the Irkutsk Region Archives. At the beginning of its history, the film festival was dedicated to Lake Baikal Day, an interregional holiday established on the initiative of public environmental organizations of the Irkutsk and Chita Regions and the Republic of Buryatia. Now the festival has reached a new level and has become known far beyond the Irkutsk Region and the Russian Federation.
The Baikal International Film Festival "Man and Nature" named after V.G.Rasputin was established by the Union of Cinematographers of Russia and the Irkutsk Regional Branch of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia.
The festival has been held in Irkutsk since 1999 (annually since 2007) with the support of the Russian Ministry of Culture, the Government of the Irkutsk Region, the Ministry of Culture and the Irkutsk Region Archives. At the beginning of its history, the film festival was dedicated to Lake Baikal Day, an interregional holiday established on the initiative of public environmental organizations of the Irkutsk and Chita Regions and the Republic of Buryatia. Now the festival has reached a new level and has become known far beyond the Irkutsk Region and the Russian Federation.
The Baikal International Film Festival "Man and Nature" named after V.G.Rasputin was established by the Union of Cinematographers of Russia and the Irkutsk Regional Branch of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia.
The festival has been held in Irkutsk since 1999 (annually since 2001) with the support of the Russian Ministry of Culture, the Government of the Irkutsk Region, the Ministry of Culture and the Irkutsk Region Archives. At the beginning of its history, the film festival was dedicated to Lake Baikal Day, an interregional holiday established on the initiative of public environmental organizations of the Irkutsk and Chita Regions and the Republic of Buryatia. Now the festival has reached a new level and has become known far beyond the Irkutsk Region and the Russian Federation.
In 2013 graduated with honors from the Screenwriting and Film Studies Faculty of VGIK (Armen Medvedev's workshop). He has been involved in editorial and production activities at Central Studio of Popular Science and Educational Films, Gorky Film Studio, Mars Media Entertainment and Mosaic Films, as well as teaching at VGIK, Moscow State University, RANEPA, HSE University, and the "Place of Power" film school.
Currently, Andrei Apostolov is the chief editor of Lenfilm Studio, a lecturer at Moscow School of New Cinema, Moscow International University, The Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences, and the "Industry" film school, as well as the program director of the "Gorky Fest" (Nizhny Novgorod) and "Window to Europe" (Vyborg) film festivals.
BRUNO JORGE (Brazil)
He studied social communication in Sao Paulo, documentary filmmaking in Paris, and received a Master's degree in Performing Arts from Liege. In 2003, he founded De Bubuia Cine, where implemented his own projects and shot films of various genres, in which he acted as a director, cameraman, screenwriter and producer. His films have been selected and awarded in numerous festivals around the world, including the FESTIVAL DE CANNES - CINEFONDATION - and the Rotterdam International Film Festival.
VLADIMIR MARIN (Russia)
Director, screenwriter, producer. He was born in Moscow. In 1994, he entered theMoscow State University Faculty of Geology. In 2002, he graduated from the VGIK (directing department, workshop of the feature film of the People's Artist of the USSR Vladimir Naumov). In 2004, he began working as a director of photography for scientific research and search and rescue expeditions (with the participation of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations). As a film director and the director of photography he has managed more than 25sea and land expeditions related to popular science topics. From 2009 to the present, he has been the head of the Video Studio at the P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
ELIZAVETA KONYAKINA (Russia)
Executive Producer, producer Born in Ulyanovsk, graduated from Ulyanovsk State University with a degree in Journalism and the Moscow Film School with a degree in Filmand TV Series Marketing in 2021.
SVETLANA MUZYCHENKO (RUSSIA)
Director, producer. She was born in Khabarovsk. She graduated from the Novosibirsk Theater College and the directing department of VGIK (workshop of A.S. Kochetkov). Member of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia, director of the VGTRK Documentary Film service. He participated in many international film festivals, including in Karlovy Vary, Seattle, and Tempera.
SVETOLIK MICHA ZAJC (Serbia)
Film Editor and Sound Designer. 1983 graduated at FAMU, Film and Television Faculty, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Czechoslovakia Professional work started in Sarajevo 1984 as an editor in International Radio Television center covering Winter Olympic games. After that situated in Belgrade and worked until now on more than hundred feature films as sound editor and sound designer. Also edited picture for commercials, documentaries and short films. Sound editor of first Yugoslav Dolby Stereo film. 1988 started collaboration with director Emir Kusturica collecting most of the music for his film Time of the Gypsies. Later, Kusturica also persuaded him to start editing picture for feature films. From 1998 to 2010 he was teaching on Faculty for film and Television, University of Arts in Belgrade, Serbia and also at Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Serbia. Along with Emir Kusturica founder and artistic director of KustendorfInternational Film and music festival. He had Workshops and Master Classes at EFA Berlin Germany, TUMO Center Yerevan Armenia, EICTV school CUBA, DOKER International documentary film festival Moscow, Editing Laboratory ProCut Moscow, Russia. Worked with most prominent European, Yugoslav and Serbian film artist.