Rafael Cherkaski

Biography

Rafael Cherkaski is a french artist and director born in 1984 in Lyon. He went to live in the DOM-TOM during his youth where he became interested in art. He returns to France and keeps his passion which will push him to go to a school of applied art. After a few months of boredom, Rafael Cherkaski decides to leave his school and return to the Beaux-Arts in Paris. This school being filled with vast fields, he will take advantage of it to make many performances and short films. In 2013, he directed his first feature film, « Sorgoï Prakov, my european dream ». In 2017, he appeared in the last episode of Victor Bonnefoy's web-series « Unknown Movies » in his own role.

Directed

1. Descent Into Darkness: My European Nightmare (2013) — Director
2. Whacked (2023) — Director
3. Quarantaines (2021) — Director
4. Troublant (2007) — Director
5. Glarustrio (2006) — Director
6. HOTEL FODER (2021) — Director
7. ACT/PÉ — Director

Also appeared in

1. Descent Into Darkness: My European Nightmare (2013) — Sorgoï Prakov
2. Mother Schmuckers (2021) — Le gourou
3. Searching for Cherkaski (2022) — Self
4. La capitale du bruit (2017) — L'homme au chapeau
5. HOTEL FODER (2021) — The Director
6. Objectif Bugarach (2013) — Manu
7. Troublant (2007)
8. Glarustrio (2006)
9. En Marche vers l'Effondrement ! (2023) — L'interprète langue des signes
10. Goose (2017) — The seller
11. Shreklife (2026) — Suna
12. La nuit littéraire (2024) — Le marquis de Sade (voice)
13. ACT/PÉ — Manu
14. La valse du pigeon (2020) — Sdorvian Santa
15. Quarantaines (2021) — The Director (Segment : « Hotel Foder »)
16. Haptonomy