Aleksandr Balagura
Director
Aleksandr Balagura was born in 1960 in Luboml (USSR, now Ukraine). He graduated from the Faculty of History at Kyiv State University. From 1989 to 1998, he worked as a director at the Ukrainian Documentary Film Studio.
His first independent work, "To Our Brothers and Sisters", received the Best Documentary Award at the Festival dei Popoli in Florence in 1990. In 1991, he returned to Florence to present his short film "Widow-Street" (out of competition). He has directed more than 20 documentaries, including "Antologion" (1996), "Wings of a Butterfly" (2008), selected at Cinéma du réel and Torino IFF, Life Span of an "Object in Frame" (2012) – Special Jury Mention at FID Marseille.
His film Story for an "Empty Theatre" (2016), directed with Cesare Bedogné, was selected for over 30 international festivals and received numerous awards, including Best Experimental Film and Best Documentary. Since 1998, he has lived and worked in Genoa, Italy.
His first independent work, "To Our Brothers and Sisters", received the Best Documentary Award at the Festival dei Popoli in Florence in 1990. In 1991, he returned to Florence to present his short film "Widow-Street" (out of competition). He has directed more than 20 documentaries, including "Antologion" (1996), "Wings of a Butterfly" (2008), selected at Cinéma du réel and Torino IFF, Life Span of an "Object in Frame" (2012) – Special Jury Mention at FID Marseille.
His film Story for an "Empty Theatre" (2016), directed with Cesare Bedogné, was selected for over 30 international festivals and received numerous awards, including Best Experimental Film and Best Documentary. Since 1998, he has lived and worked in Genoa, Italy.
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