Film director, screenwriter, producer.

He was born in Moscow. Graduated the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in 2011, class of A.E.Uchitel. He is a winner of the Golden Eagle and Nika national awards. He has won prizes and participated in international film festivals in Venice, Toronto, Rotterdam, Karlovy Vary, San Sebastian, Cairo, etc. He is a member of the European Film Academy.

Since 2020, he has been the curator and creative director of the Screen Arts program at the HSE School of Design. Students in this program have participated in and won prizes at major Russian film festivals, such as Koroche, Lighthouse, Zimniy, and St. Anna.

In 2022, he founded the Correction Class Film Studio, where he is both artistic director and general producer.

Director, screenwriter, producer. Born in 1986 in Chukotka. At seventeen he entered the directing faculty of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), joining the workshop of Vadim Abdrashitov. His graduation short, Prevention of Repeated Crimes, brought the young director the awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay and the Audience Award at the VGIK International Student Film Festival, competed in the Kinotavr Short Film Competition and screened at international film festivals in Tromsø and Taiwan. After graduation he continued his studies in the VGIK postgraduate program at the Department of Film Dramaturgy, and later at the Presidential Academy (RANEPA), Department of Cultural Studies.

Today Filipp Abryutin is a member of the Russian Filmmakers' Union, General Director of the Youth Initiatives Production Center and Artistic Director of the Arctic International Film Festival “Golden Raven” in Anadyr, which received 3,394 entries from more than a hundred countries in its jubilee season. His filmography includes the drama Tragedy at Rodgers Bay, the film almanac Closer Than It Seems, the family films Dream Team and The Stars Will Show Me the Way, the youth series Sanya, Hit the Gas!, the sports drama Fighting for My Sunshine (Dyulur: Mas-Wrestling) and the comedy Po-Bratski (Like Brothers), among others.

In 2000, he graduated the Yerevan State Pedagogical Institute with a degree in Feature Film Directing (1995–2000, specialist). In 2003, he completed his postgraduate studies at the Institute of Arts (2000–2003) and was awarded a Candidate of Arts degree by the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia.
In 2019, he was awarded the academic title of Associate Professor in Art Criticism. In 2026, he was awarded the academic title of Professor in Theater and Cinematography.
A. R. Arakelyan is the director, producer, and author of numerous documentaries, feature films, and television films, which have multiple times represented the Republic of Armenia at international film festivals and received professional awards.

He has been engaged in scientific and pedagogical activities since 2002. Since 2002, he has taught directing at the Yerevan State Pedagogical Institute.
Since 2012, he has worked at the Russian-Armenian University, where he holds the positions of lecturer and director of RAU TV.
Since 2015, he has been a lecturer at the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography.

In 2019, the textbook "Conversations after Lectures" was published, co-authored by A. R. Arakelyan.

He is the author and director of documentaries and television films.He has got higher education from the Faculty of Journalism of Novosibirsk State University.He has filmed over 200 documentaries for Russian national television channels.He is the author and director of the documentary series "Memory" (about Soviet war memorials in Europe), the historical documentary series "Ancestors of Our Ancestors" (about the history of ancient peoples), and the documentary series "Captured Time" (about unknown layers of newsreel footage) on the Russia-Culture channel.Main topics of his work are history, culture, art, and ecology.

She is an actress, musician, and director, she was born and lives in Murmansk. She graduated Murmansk State Pedagogical University and St. Petersburg Academy of Theatre Arts, Puppet Theater Department.

She gave twenty years of her life to the stage of Murmansk Regional Puppet Theater. Now, her multifaceted talent has blossomed in a new position as a soloist with Murmansk Regional Philharmonic.

Ekaterina is a laureate of numerous national and international art song competitions. With a guitar in hand, she knows how to speak deeply about her innermost thoughts. She is a proponent of improvisation and isn't afraid of bold creative experiments: she stages plays in the snow and performs in these snow plays, writes music for films and theater productions, acts in films, directs plays in theaters, and records albums of her songs.

She is a producer, expert, and teacher. A sociologist by training, she graduated the Higher Courses for Screenwriters and Directors in 2006, specializing in feature and documentary film directing. Much of Natalia Klibanova's career has been spent producing. Her filmography includes nearly 40 feature films and television series. Under Natalia's leadership, Amedia Production has successfully produced such widely acclaimed films as "The Master and Margarita," "Mira," "Air," "Lybov-Morkov: Rise of the Machines," and many others.

Natalia shares her professional experience with young colleagues, mentoring team competitions such as ART Masters, Formula of the Way, and the Mitta School. Natalia teaches in the "Producing Visual Arts and Media" Workshop at the VGIK Higher Courses.

For her contributions to the development of cinema and her many years of fruitful creative work, Natalia Klibanova was awarded the Eurasian Badge of Honor for her contribution to Russian cinema and the Gratitude of the Mayor of Moscow

He is a producer, president of the Guild of Producers and Film Organizers of the Cinematographers Union of the Russian Federation. CEO of Vifsaida (producing films and organizing international festivals and exhibitions).

He manages the "Days of Russian Children's Cinema: Tales of Childhood" project. He is a member of public organizations and chairs the Commission of the Public Council under Rossotrudnichestvo on the popularization of Russian culture and patriotic education.

He specializes in socially significant, documentary films, promoting Russian cinema, and strengthening cultural ties, also through projects abroad.

Producer, screenwriter, director. Born in the Crimea. She graduated from the V. I. Vernadsky Taurida National University and studied producing and filmmaking at the New York Film Academy and the Higher School of Economics. Her very first works as a producer — the short film Snowflake and the film almanac Closer Than It Seems — were recognized at Russian and international film festivals. In 2019 she founded her own production outfit, Skazka Film Company.

Oksana Lakhno is General Director of Skazka Film Company and Lead Producer of the Arctic International Film Festival “Golden Raven” in Anadyr. She is the general producer of two seasons of the youth series Sanya, Hit the Gas! — a winner of the national project “Culture” competition for youth content. She produced the sports drama Fighting for My Sunshine (Dyulur: Mas-Wrestling), which won awards at Russian film festivals — from the Shukshin Film Festival to Zero Plus — and represented Russian cinema at Paladino d'Oro in Palermo, the world's oldest sport film festival, as well as the family films The Stars Will Show Me the Way and Dream Team and many other projects.

She made her feature directorial debut with the comedy Po-Bratski (Like Brothers), released theatrically across Russia in 2025. She is currently a postgraduate student at the Presidential Academy (RANEPA), Department of Cultural Studies.

Pavel Sarychev is a producer with 20 years of experience, the CEO of BLACK BOX PRODUCTION, a producer at PATE Film Studio, and a teacher. He creates feature films and series for national channels and online platforms, including Casanova, The First Racket, Border of the Worlds, Aunt Martha, Circus!, and News. He focuses on production development, regional outreach, new models and supporting young talent.

As a teacher and expert, he teaches producing, he is also a speaker and jury member. When evaluating projects, the most important for him is the quality of the story, feasibility, the creators' ability to engage with the audience, and the project's place in modern industry.