Mikhail Zheleznikov was born in Leningrad in 1972. Made films for ARTE and YLE, Corona Films, and Saint-Petersburg Documentary Film Studio. From 2011 he curates the new experimental short films competition program In Silico, at Message To Man film festival.
Filmography
2010 Admiralteiskiy Stories (Admiralteyskie Istorii), 59 min., DV - a multimedia project by Evgenia Golant, Solmaz Guseynova and Mikhail Zheleznikov, comissioned by CEC ArtsLink.
2010 Together (Vmeste), 4 min., HD - a short reflection on lonely dog walking. Cologne OFF 2011, Tampere FF, Hamburg SFF, ISFF Detmold, The Norwegian SFF, Busan IFF, X Kansk Video Festival (Special Jury Diploma), SESIFF (Grand Award), Winterthur.
2009 Koli 147, 147 sec., mute, DVCAM - a video art shot out of the window in Artists-in-Residence studio. Screened at the exhibition at Kolin Ryynanen.
2009 For Home Viewing (Dlia Domashnego Prosmotra), 29 min., HDV - a story of a young man, growing up in the USSR and Post-Soviet Russia. Supported by Jan Vrijman Fund. Premiered at IDFA. Festivals: ZagrebDox, Tampere FF, Documenta Madrid, Huesca FF, Curtas Vila De Conde (prize Onda Curta), dokumentART, Uppsala IFF, Unlimited, ISFF Of Soria, Tempo, Rooftop Films. Also shown in Tribeca Cinemas (New York) and in the Library of Congress (Washington) as a part of CEC ArtsLink exchange program.
2008 Booths (Budka), 27 min., HDV (transfer to 35 mm) - documentary about the world of street booths in St. Petersburg. Produced by the St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio for the Russian Ministry of Culture. Festivals: Dakino, Plus Cameraimage, Bamberg FF, Clermont-Ferrand, Punto De Vista, ZagrebDox, Go Short, Huesca, Harkov Siren (prize for originality and style), Cheboksary IFF, Kratkofil (prize for best documentary), Zolotoy Buben (diploma), Unlimited (second prize), TIFF, IFVA 15 (the finalist of documentary competition).
2008 Timewarp, 15 min., DV - experimental documentary about the last seconds of life. Festivals: 31 Norwegian Short FF, Tehran ISFF, Tampere FF, Antarctis.
2006 Collection No1 (Kollekcia No1), 19 min., 35 mm - a documentary about Soviet childhood. Produced by the St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio for the Russian Ministry of Culture. Shown at: Punto De Vista, DocAviv, ZagrebDox, Tampere FF, Message To Man (prize for best short documentary), Festival Of Festivals, 29 Moscow International FF, dokART, Mecal, Winterthur, Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy, Prague Short FF, Jihlava FF.
2005 Good Morning!, You Are Not Alone, 8 Women - 3x2 min., DVD - series of video art works, shot in Azerbaijan. Screened at NEON gallery (Sweden), IZOLENTA (St. Petersburg), etc.
2004 The Flock (Klin), 6 min., DV - experimental documentary about hunting. Screened at OTKAT festival (St.Petersburg), Festival of Russian Art (Berlin), NEON gallery (Sweden), STOY KTO IDET festival (Moscow), ECOFILMS (Greece).
2004 Children Of The Corn (Deti Kukuruzi), 20 min., DVCAM - a documentary about corn campaign in the USSR. Produced by the St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio for the Russian Ministry of Culture.
2003 Valera Elizarov, Larissa Pogoretskaya, Church Bells - 3 x 10 min., Dig. Beta - documentary episodes for YLE1 and ARTE, co-produced with Corona Films.
2003 Lara, Her Dogness (Ee Sobachestvo Lara), 16 min., DV - a documentary about a lady and her 21 dogs. Screened at Festival der Nationen (Austria), OTKAT (St.Petersburg), KIASMA (Finland), Vidi_Festival (Valencia, 2006).
2002 Tales on the Marshes (Skazki Na Bolote), 5 min., DV - a video-essay on the history of St. Petersburg. Screened at more than 20 international film festivals (Tampere FF, FIPA, Leipzig IFF, dokumentART, Message to Man, etc.), received several awards, incl. the prize for best short film from Bavarian Television at Regensburg Short Film Week 2003; purchased by KIASMA museum (Helsinki, Finland).
2001 Something in the Air (Chto-to V Atmosfere), 51 min., DV - a documentary about foreigners living in St. Petersburg. Screened at Deboshir IFF (St. Petersburg, 2001).
Jury Work
ROSHD International Film Festival, Iran (Tehran) 2007;
Regensburg Short Film Week, Germany 2007;
Festival de Cine de Huesca, Spain 2008.
Message to Man, St. Petersburg (Russia) 2009
Grants
2003 Granted with a two month artist's residency in Gothenburg (Sweden) through PUNKT Residency Program by the Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art (NIFCA).
2007-2009 Script and project development, production, Jan Vrijman Fund (The Netherlands).
2009 Artist's residency in Koli, at Kolin Ryynanen.
2010 CEC ArtsLink.
Other events and activities
2010 Participated in Parallel Petersburg multimedia exhibition comissioned by Anna Akhmatova Museum at The Fountain House .
2010 Retrospective at Tampere Film Festival.
2010 Participated in selecting films for the International competition program at Message To Man IFF.
2004 - 2010 Gave film workshops for school children.