ANTIROMANTIKA

He was born in Kazakhstan, in 1970. He studied at the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys and then at the Arts Academy in Kazakhstan, from where he graduated. In 1998 he worked as assistant director on Ardak AmirkulovΥs film 1977, for which he also wrote the screenplay. His second short film, Antiromantika, was screened at the Cannes Festival official selection and also won the Grand Prix at the Angers Festival