BIOGRAPHY
ARKADIY YAKHNIS
He graduated from Mogilev Machine Building Institute as a mechanical engineer and worked for around 10 years at an automotive plant.
From 1987 to 1989 he studied at the Moscow High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors. He received a diploma of a Screenwriter.
He directed his movies in Germany and Ukraine ("Shoes From America”, ZDF/arte), Russia (“Horror Which Is Always With You”), Moldova (“Farewell”), Belarus (“Doorman”)
FILMOGRAPHY
DOORMAN
2014, 80 min
Production: “Yupiter FM”.
Starring: A.Sergeev, M.Berdinskikh
“Window to Europe”, International Film Festival, Vyborg, Russia
“Stalker”, International Film Festival, Moscow
SHOES FROM AMERICA
2001, 90 min
Production: Germany, Russia, Ukraine.
Starring: Ramaz Chkhikvadze, V. Маlektorovich, etc.
Director of Photography Sergey Yurizditskiy
International Film Festivals: Warsaw (Poland), 2001
"Kinotavr", Sotchi, (Russia) 2001
Leeds, Great Britain,2001
TV channel ZDF/Arte, 2001
Russian TV channel «Kultura/Culture», 2007
RENDEZVOUS
short-lenght film, 2 parts
HORROR, WHICH IS ALWAYS WITH YOU
2007, 85 min
Production: "Mosfilm", studio «Stella»
Screenplay: Yuri Arabov (Best Script Award for “Moloch”, by Sokurov, 1999 Cannes FF)
Starring: Y. Nifontov, O. Fomin, M. Ilyina, etc.
International Film Festivals: Moscow, 2007
Karlovy Vary, 2007
Miami, 2008
FAREWELL
1992, documentrary, 3 parts
International Film Festivals:
Nyon (Switzerland), Oberghausen (Germany), Warsaw (Poland), New-York, San Francisco (the U.S.A.)
WTTW Channel 11, Chicago, USA, 1998
«Rendezvous», short-length film, 2 parts.
Production: «Mosfilm». Starring: Т.Lavrentyeva, А. Sergeev.
Director of Photography Alexander Knyazhinskiy
International Film Festival «Debut», Moscow, 1992