Film expert, Russia. The Kinotavr Artistic Director. She made her film debut as actress at the age of 7. In the following 9 years played about ten roles in art and television films. In 1987 she graduated from the Scriptwriting and Film History Department of VGIK, Moscow. From 1993 director of the IFF Sochi, the Faces of Love IFF, and the International Kinotavrik Children’s Arts Festival. Since 2005 she’s been the Artistic Director of the Kinotavr Open Russian Film Festival. Member of juries at over 30 Russian and international film festivals, including festivals in Venice, Berlin, Karlovy Vary, Mar del Plata, Thessaloniki, Munich, Reykjavik, El Gouna and others. Guest lecturer in Russian and European film schools and universities of USA and South Korea.