Alexey Fedorchenko

Biography

Aleksey Stanislavovich Fedorchenko (Russian: Алексе́й Станисла́вович Федо́рченко; born September 29, 1966; Sol-Iletsk) is a Russian film and documentary director, who won accolades at the Venice Film Festival with the mockumentary First on the Moon (2005) and later with Silent Souls (2010), a magical realist tale about the long-extinct Finnic tribe of Merya. His works have been awarded prizes at the largest national and international festivals, such as Venice and Rome IFF, IFF Black Nights, and Kinotavr. Fedorchenko's film Anna's War won the Russian Golden Eagle Award in the Best Film category. He also won the award for Best Director. region, in 1966. Graduated from the Engineering and Economics Faculty of the Ural Polytechnic (1988); from script faculty of the Film Institute VGIK (2000, class of V. Chernykh, L. Kozhinova and Yu. Rogozin). Since 1990 has worked at the Sverdlovsk film studio, since 2005 he is producer and director of the film company “29 February”. Debuted in feature films in 2005 with “First on the Moon”.

Directed

1. Silent Souls (2010) — Director
2. Anna's War (2018) — Director
3. First on the Moon (2005) — Director
4. Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari (2013) — Director
5. Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013) — Director
6. Angels of Revolution (2014) — Director
7. The Fourth Dimension (2012) — Director
8. The Railway (2007) — Director
9. Where Has Time Gone? (2017) — Director
10. New Berlin (2023) — Director
11. Last «Dear Bulgaria» (2021) — Director
12. David (2002) — Director
13. Coin of Malawi (2022) — Director
14. Kids Of The White Grave (2002) — Director
15. Shosho (2006) — Director
16. Bath Day (2008) — Director
17. The Wind of Shuvgey (2009) — Director
18. Australia (2011) — Director
19. Chronoeye (2011) — Director
20. The Other World (2012) — Director
21. Breathing (2017) — Director
22. Mitrofan Aksenov's Sausage (2023) — Director
23. Space Mowgli — Director
24. Cinema of Change's Era (2019) — Director
25. Big Snakes of Ulli-Kale (2022) — Director
26. #Underfoot (2024) — Director
27. Burning Gorky (2025) — Director
28. Мифы о Гефесте, Боге и стройотряде (2025) — Director
29. Abduction of the Sparrow (2006) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)
2. Mitrofan Aksenov's Sausage (2023)
3. Big Snakes of Ulli-Kale (2022)