About

Known credits:
15
Birthday:
1989-12-06
Place of birth:
Leningrad, USSR (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
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Ksenia Okhapkina

Overview

Ksenia Olegovna Okhapkina (Ксения Олеговна Охапкина; born 6 December, 1989; Leningrad, USSR) is a Russian documentary filmmaker. She graduated from St. Petersburg State University of Film and TV in 2012. Since 2014, she has collaborated with the Estonian producer Riho Västrik and his film studio Vesilind.

Her first documentary produced in Vesilind, “Come Back Free”, won IDFA Special Jury Award for Mid-Length Documentary in 2016. “Come Back Free” is a poetic documentary about life in a war-torn Chechen village with local cemetery as its symbolic focal point. With her previous work, Ksenia has shown her ability to capture “the poetic in the pro- fane”. She avows to the meaningfulness of a single frame and has strong commitment to composition.

Known for

Directing
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2016 Come Back Free Directing Director N/A
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2015 Red Directing Director N/A
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2013 In the Beginning Was… The Cube Directing Director N/A
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2012 The Night Performance Directing Director N/A
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2010 Liudians Directing Director N/A
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2010 Snowstorm Directing Director N/A
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2009 The Smoke Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2019 Immortal Writing Screenplay 58
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2016 Come Back Free Writing Screenplay N/A
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2012 The Night Performance Writing Screenplay N/A
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2010 Snowstorm Writing Screenplay N/A
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Camera
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2016 Come Back Free Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Editing
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