MDAG Industry Guest
Julia Kushnarenko grew up in small city in the North Caucasus and graduated at VGIK named after S.A. Gerasimov, directing department. For over 8 years, she worked as an editor on documentaries, including the feature film “Voy” directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Maxim Arbugaev. Julia has collaborated as a director with National Geographic Magazine (USA), Vogue Magazine, Stereotactic production, and “E” film company. Her middle-length film “Terra” has won over 15 awards from multiple international film festivals, including a Jean Loup Passek Award at Melgacy Film Festival (Portugal). Julia’s main focus as a director is people at their emotional limits. She likes to explore the contradictory nature of human beings, which comes out at the moment of greatest tension. In 2022 she was granted a scholarship by DocNomads International Master’s Course in Documentary Film directing to make films between Portugal, Hungary, and Belgium with a class of 24 students from all over the world. Currently Julia is based in Belgium.
