Angelina Nikonova

Angelina Yurievna Nikonova (Russian: Ангелина Юрьевна Никонова; born 27 February 1976, in Rostov-on-Don as Angelina Fedoseenko) is a Russian filmmaker, television director and film producer, who works in Russia and USA. She was born and raised in Rostov-on-Don, in the south of Russia. Angelina dreamed about film directing since her childhood. However, the situation with national film production in Russia is complicated, especially for a woman. As Angelina notices: ‘Women as film directors are rarely trusted’. Moreover, Russian viewer is reluctant to national product. People rather go to watch Hollywood production, than a film made in Russia. She applied to Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography "VGIK". However, as she claims later, it was easier to immigrate to USA than to get accepted in VGIK. In 2001 she graduated from New York School of Visual Arts, with major in Film and Video. 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 2