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Vadim Kostrov
Born on the 17th of August 1998 in Nizniy Tagil, Ural, Russia.

In 2016 moved to Moscow. In 2017 studies in VGIK (Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography) on the faculty Dramaturgy. Shoots his first short documentary film. The Silent Night solely on iPhone.

In 2018 leaves VGIK due to the pressure and censorship from masters. Makes his first feature documentary L
oft-Underground — a VHS story of the Moscow art-underground culture through the prism of art Squats of 80-s 90-s and the present days. 2019 Vadim starts to work on his Ural series that include the doc-trilogy : Narodnaya (2019), After Narodnaya (2020), and Comet (2020). As well as his autobiographical works Orpheus (2019), Summer(2020), Winter (2021).

Vadim's interests lie in the connection between fiction and documentary, exploration of memories and nostalgia , filmic relationship between camera — time, and camera — nature.

At the moment, Vadim works on his next feature Autumn and developed his online and offline installation U project. The U virtual space can be accessed by pressing in the right side of the window.
Festivals
Summer 2021
Orpheus 2021
Films
WORKS
WORK IN PROGRESS
Orpheus
Narodnaya
After Narodnaya
Summer
Boys
Cometa
Loft-underground
Ada and Maxim
Winter
Autumn
Coming soon