Ivan I. Tverdovsky

Ivan Ivanovich Tverdovsky Russian ???? ???????? ??????????? born 29 December 1988 Moscow is a Russian filmmaker cinematographer and actor He is also a son of documentary filmmaker Ivan Tverdovsky 1961 He graduated from Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography VGIK 2011 experimental directing workshop of A Uchitel Participant and prizewinner of national and international film festivals Twice participated in the competition programme of Kinotavr Shorts in 2010 with the film As If Waiting for a Bus for which he gained the jury diploma and in 2013 with the film Space Dogs His first feature film Correction Class 2014 brought Tverdovsky the NIKA 2014 award in the category Discovery of the Year the film won numerous awards at Russian and international shows including a prize for Best Debut and the Prize of Film Distributors at Kinotavr2014 the first prize in the EastWest Competition and a special mention of the FEDEORA jury at Karlovy Vary IFF and prizes at IFFs in Thessaloniki Seattle Tallinn Kiev etc His second film Zoology 2016 has been awarded a prize for direction in Karlovy Vary the Grand Prix of festivals in Cottbus and Austin Texas a prize for Best Actress and the award of the Guild of Film Critics and Scholars at Kinotavr2016 His third feature film Jumpman 2018 screened in competition at Karlovy Vary IFF 2018 In 2020 Ivan I Tverdovskys new film Conference 2020 became a participant of the Venice Film Festival