Aleksey Fedorchenko (; born 1966) is a

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from

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg (, ; ), alternatively Romanization of Russian, romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( ; 1924–1991), is a city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia. The ci ...

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who won accolades at the

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with the

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'' (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

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tale about the long-extinct Finnic tribe of Merya. 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 (film), The Fifth Estate'' was selected as the opening film and ''Life of Crime (film), Life o ...

. As of 2013, Fedorchenko was involved in producing ''Space Mowgli'', an adaptation of a science fiction novella by the

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. Fedorchenko's film ''

Anna's War Anna's War () is a 2018 Russian drama film directed by Aleksey Fedorchenko. It premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in January 2018. On 25 January 2019 the film won the Russian Golden Eagle Award in the Best Film category ...

'' won the Russian Golden Eagle Award in the Best Film category. He also won the award for

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

* ''

'' (2005) * '' Shosho'' (2006) * '' Railway'' (2008) * ''

'' (2010) * '' Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari'' (2012) * ' (2014) * ''

'' (2018) * ' (2021) * ' (2022) * ' (2023) * ' (2023)

References

External links

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