Angelina Nikonova
| Angelina Nikonova | |
|---|---|
 Nikonova in 2011 | |
| Born |
February 27, 1976 (age 39) Rostov-on-Don, Russia |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
Angelina Nikonova (born February 27, 1976) is a Russian filmmaker, script writer and film producer.
Biography
Angelina Nikonova was born in Rostov-on-Don. She dreamed about film directing since her childhood. However, the situation with national film production in Russia is complicated, especially for a woman. As Angelina notices: ‘Women as film directors are rarely trusted’.[1] Moreover, Russian viewer is reluctant to national product. People rather go to watch Hollywood production, than a film made in Russia. However, Angelina did not give up on her dream. She applied to All-Russian State University of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov (aka VGIK). However, as she claims later, it was easier to immigrate to USA than to get accepted in VGIK.[1] In 2001 she graduated from New York School of Visual Arts, with major in Film and Video.[2]
Career
In 2011 Angelina Nikonova and her partner Olga Dihovichnaya shot a feature film Twilight Portrait (Portret v symerkah), using a simple reflective camera due to the low budget.[3] However, the film made a great success and won a number of prices, including international price for best debut 2011 on Warsaw International Film Festival.[4] For the film, Angelina worked as a director, a script writer, a producer, a location manager, casting director, make-up artists, and art director.[1] At the same time, Angelina Nikonova worked as an organizator of International Film Festival 2morrow/Zavtra.[5][6]
Filmography
- 2000 – “Isosceles” - a short film, graduate work.[7]
- 2005 – “Point of Return” – documentary, director.[8]
- 2011 - "Twilight Portrait" - director, scriptwriter, producer.
Twilight Portrait
Twilight Portrait (aka Portret v Sumerkakh) received its world premiere at the 2011 Kinotavr Open Russian Film Festival, where it became a subject of understandable controversy among both critics and audiences.[9]
At first it was shot on Canon EOS 5D Mark II, borrowed from a friend of Nikonova. It was shot during 29 days in Rostov-on-Don, with 5-6 people crew, consisting of friends and former classmate from New York, who was invited as a cameraman. The movie used 80 characters, 50 locations.[1] At first, the script was written by Olga Dihovichnaya in two days. Later, it was edited by Angelina Nikonova, as the drama needed some ‘light’, as Nikonova notices in the interview.[1]
Awards and Nominatons
- 2011 – Twilight Portrait – Kinotavr Open Russian Film Festival, best cinematography, Eben Bull.[1]
- 2011 – Twilight Portrait – Reykjavik International Film Festival, grand prize.[10]
- 2011 – Twilight Portrait – Warsaw International Film Festival, winner of 1-2 competition, ‘For the original approach and courage in showing the true situation of women in a world in which they turn to be stronger than the strongest man’.[11]
- 2011 – Twilight Portrait – 19th Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Best first film and Best screen play, Olga Dichovichnaya, Angelina Nikonova.[12]
- 2011 – Twilight Portrait – Annual award of the Guild of Historians of Cinema and Film Critics in Moscow, Best first film.[13]
- 2011 – Twilight Portrait – 21st FilmFestival Cottbus – Festival of East European Cinema, Best Film.[14]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Film School of MacGaffin Interview with Angelina Nikonova, March 19, 2013.
- ↑ Pilipenko G. "A Dog" and a skirt of director Angelina Nikinova, 22 December 2011.
- ↑ Proletarskij A. Angelina Nikonova: Hope in the end of a drama I call 'air', February 1, 2012.
- ↑ Dan Fainaru "Twilight Portrait", November 16, 2011.
- ↑ International Film Festival 2morrow/Zavtra Official web-page, accessed March 19, 2014.
- ↑ Interview with Olga Dichovichnaya and Angelina Nikonova School of Slander, NTV (Russian State Channel 4), published October 26, 2012.
- ↑ Pilipenko G. ‘Twilight Portrait’: Made in Rostov!, April 7, 2012.
- ↑ International Film Festival Rotterdam Profiles, accessed March 18, 2014.
- ↑ Birgit Beumers, Nancy Condee Kinotavr 2011: Russian Cinema as a State of Mind, KinoKultura: Issue 34 (2011).
- ↑ Reykjavik International Film Festival Archive, accessed March 18, 2014.
- ↑ Warsaw International Film Festival Archive, accessed March 18, 2014.
- ↑ 19th Honfleur Russian Film Festival Honfleur, France, November 2011.
- ↑ Annual award of the Guild of Historians of Cinema and Film Critics Moscow, December 2011.
- ↑ 21st FilmFestival Cottbus Festival of East European Cinema, Cottbus, Germany, November 2011.
Bibliography
- Film School of MacGaffin, interview with Angelina Nikonova, 19, March, 2013.
- School of Slander, interview with Angelina Nikonova and Olga Dichovichnaya, 26, October, 2012.
- Pilipenko G. "A Dog" and a skirt of director Angelina Nikinova, 22, December, 2011.
- Proletarskij A., Angelina Nikonova: Hope in the end of a drama I call "Air", 1, February, 2012.
- Dan Fainaru "Twilight Portrait", 16 November 2011.
- Pilipenko G., Twilight Portrait: Made in Rostov!, 7, April, 2012.
- Birgit Beumers, Nancy Condee, Kinotavr 2011: Russian Cinema as a State of Mind, KinoKultura: Issue 34 (2011).