Olga Konskaia
Producer, editor, actress

Born 1964 in St.Petersburg, Russia


 


Olga Konskaia
"Lubov and Other Nightmares"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Olga Konskaia
"Lubov and Other Nightmares"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Olga Konskaia
"Lubov and Other Nightmares"

 

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Filmography as a producer

2004 12 Chairs - Feature, director Ulrike Ottinger (advising producer, credit)

2004 Disbelief - Feature-documentary, , internetional co-production, director Andrei Nekrasov (Producer, credit)

2003 U-Nocturne - Documentary, director Olga Konskaia ( Producer)

2002 Koenigsberg - Docu-drama at the Volksbuehne am Rosa-Luxemburg platz, Berlin director Andrei Nekrasov (Co-producer, credit )

2001 Lubov and Other Nightmares – Feature, internetional co-production- director Andrei Nekrasov (Producer, credit)

2000 Children’s stories, Chechnya. - short documentary - director Andrei Nekrasov, Producer Vanessa Redgrave (Co-producer,credit)

1997 Love is as strong as death - Feature - director Andrei Nekrasov (Producer, credit)

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Awards and Nominations

FIPRESCI Prize,
“For the sharp moral and social perspective and the strong,
expressive visual language which characterise the film’s view
of contemporary reality.” --

LOVE IS AS STRONG AS DEATH by Andrei Nekrasov
Mannheim-Heidelberg Film Festival 1997

BEST LEAD (female) AWARD for Olga Konskaia
LUBOV AND OTHER NIGHTMARES by Andrei Nekrasov
Kinotavr, Russian International Film Festival 2001

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE for Director Andrei Nekrasov „for the innovative film language“
LUBOV AND OTHER NIGHTMARES
Moscow Russian Film Festival 2001

SPECIAL JURY AWARD for D.O.Ps Michael Goebel and Anatolij Lapshov
„for the creativity and sensibility in the aesthetic and technical research for creating a magic energy“.
LUBOV AND OTHER NIGHTMARES by Andrei Nekrasov
22 International Film Camera Festival/Bitola, Macedonia 2001

2001 Nomination for Golden Aries – all Russian film critics prize
LUBOV AND OTHER NIGHTMARES by Andrei Nekrasov

AMNESTY AWARD, Copenhagen DOX: 2004
…for the fight for openness and truth in the Russian
society

DISBELIEF by Andrei Nekrasov


BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD
"for its powerful story and main character, lyrical cinematography and editing, stirring music score, for its meticulous research and excellent archive footage, as well as the humanity and subtlety with which the story was told, for its tremendous political and universal relevance in today's polarized world where 'terrorism' has become a convenient tool to suppress political dissent, and for the filmmaker's courage in going against ingrained prejudices."
DISBELIEF by Andrei Nekrasov
Karachi International Film festival, 2005

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Festivals (among others)

Sundance Film festival 2002, 2004
Berlin 2001, 2004
Sao Paolo 2001
Rotterdam 2001
Stuttgart 2001
Karlovy Vary 2001
Moscow IFF 2001
Independent Film Festival of Barcelona 2001
Festival of Festivals (St.Petersburg) 2001
Ankara International Film Fest 2001
Raindance, London 2002
Outfest Film Festival, Los Angeles 2002
Jakarta 2002
Copenhagen 2004
Jerusalem 2004
Karachi 2004

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Filmography as editor

“Children’s Story, Chechnia”, documentary 23 min. 2000; Beta SP,director Andrei Nekrasov
“Lubov and other nightmares”, feature 97 min. 35 mm 2001; director Andrei Nekrasov
“Koenigsberg” Docu-drama, 120min, HD CAM, director Andrei Nekrasov
“Disbelief” documentary 105 min, 35 mm, 2004; director Andrei Nekrasov