Svetlana Proskurina (b. 1948, Krivets, Novgorod District) graduated in dramatic arts from the Leningrad State Institute of Drama, Music and Cinematography (1976) and from Moscow's Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors (1981). She has shot the documentaries Peasant (Krestyanin), Islands. Alexander Sokurov (Ostrova. Aleksandr Sokurov), Russian Ark (Russkiy Kovcheg, 2002), You Live in the Right Way, Peasant! (Pravilno zhivyote, krestyanin!, 2003). She debuted in features with Children's Playground (Detskaya ploshchadka, 1986), and for Accidental Waltz (Sluchayny vals, 1998) she won the Golden Leopard at Locarno and the Golden Panther at the Marseille IFF. Then came Reflections in a Mirror (Otrazheniye v zerkale, 1992) and TV documentaries for the series "Lives of Remarkable People" ("Zhizn zamechatelnykh lyudei," 1997)) on two top artists: Mikhail Shemyakin. The Chase for Pure Time (Mikhail Shemyakin. V pogone za chistym vremenyem, 1997) and Ernst Neizvestny. Dialogues (Ernst Neizvestny. Dialogi, 1997).
MFF Karlovy Vary
