Angelina Nikonova
1976 (48 лет)The diploma short film "Isosceles" (2001) was awarded at the international film festival of student films "Saint Anna" in Moscow and at the international festival of experimental films Cineview (Florida, USA). The premiere of the full-length Russian-American documentary "Point of Return" took place in 2006. First feature-length film "Twilight Portrait" was co-written with actress Olga Dihovichnaya and received its world premiere at the 2011 "Kinotavr" Open Russian Film Festival, where it became a subject of understandable controversy among both critics and audiences. The international premiere of the film was held as part of the "Venice Days" program of the Venice Film Festival. The film was produced by Nikonova herself and shot for a budget of 17,000 US dollars on a Canon EOS 5D Mark II camera in 29 days. The work made a great success and won a number of prices, including international price for best debut 2011 on Warsaw International Film Festival. For the rigidity and authenticity of the film, colleagues behind the scenes nicknamed Nikonova "Lars von Trier in a skirt". At the same time, Angelina Nikonova worked as an organizator of International Film Festival 2morrow/Zavtra. In 2014, Nikonova directed her second feature film, the English-language Comedy "Welcome Home", about the life of Russian-speaking immigrants in new York. The film premiered at the 2015 Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
Портрет в сумерках
Angelina Nikonova
Sergey Borisov, Olga Dihovichnaya
Marina, an upper-crust social worker with a doting husband and an enviable downtown apartment, is suddenly transformed into a bizarre twilight version of herself when she is raped by three policemen.
Twilight Portrait
Кто-нибудь видел мою девчонку?
Angelina Nikonova
Anna Chipovskaya, Alexandr Gorchilin
Sergei and Kira were considered the most beautiful bohemian couple among cinema lovers of Saint Petersburg in the early 90’s. Their fantastic love affair ended with Kira leaving town, fleeing for new life, new relationship. Sergei has died shortly after. Only after a few years does Kira realize that she never stopped loving Sergei. And that she’s doomed to stay in a neverending dialogue with a dead lover.
Anybody Seen My Girl?
Точка возврата
Angelina Nikonova
About the geographical point of reference of personal happiness. The film's characters are American men and Russian women who are looking for love in a foreign, far-off country unknown to them. What makes American men go to the other side of the world for the woman of their dreams? What happens in modern Russia if thousands of women turn to international marriage agencies every year in search of women's happiness? Do Russian women expect love from a marriage with a foreigner? A plane flying along the route can return to the base airfield until the so-called "return point"is passed. As soon as it is over, the return journey is closed, because there is not enough fuel. Why, after living in America, Russians want to return to their Homeland, and at what point they realize that this is impossible, that the point of Return is passed...
Flyaway Country
