Director: Dimitri Venkov

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Birthday: 1980-01-02
Born in: Novosibirsk, USSR (Russia)
Biography: Dimitri gained initial recognition with his debut film, "Mad Mimes," in 2012. His subsequent work, "Krisis," was selected for the Oberhausen Film Festival and featured in Documenta 14. In 2018, Dimitri's film, "The Hymns of Muscovy," received accolades at international film festivals, was broadcast on TV and streaming platforms, and found its place in prominent institutional and private art collections. Dimitri has participated in biennials in Moscow, Bergen, Goteborg, Wroclaw, among others. His works have been showcased at esteemed galleries such as Whitechapel and Hayward, and he has held personal exhibitions at MHKA, Nassauischer Kunstverein, CCA Winzavod, and Manezh. Dimitri's contributions have garnered attention from both Russian writers, including Anna Tolstova, Alexandra Novozhenova, Boris Klushnikov, Andrey Shental, Gleb Napreenko, Alexander Evangely, and international figures such as Kate Sutton, Simon Mraz, Yin Xiuzhen, Nagihan Haliloğlu, and Davide Deriu.

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Like the Sun

An allegorical three-part film about three types of utopia
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Krisis

Dimitri Venkov’s Krisis is based on a Facebook discussion on December 8, 2013, the day on which pro-European demonstrators in Kiev started to demolish statues of Vladimir Lenin. The film reenacts debates between Russian and Ukrainian artists during the protests, revealing deep aesthetic, historical, and political divisions.
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An anthropological study of a cargo cult in a fictitious self-marginalized commune, which existed next to the Moscow Ring Road - a highway that marks the boundaries of the Russian capital - and survived mainly on roadside trash. Although the road provided for their basic needs, the existence of the commune was extremely precarious and highly dependent on the roadway's fluctuations. This dependency led them to develop a cargo cult of the road.
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