Valeriy Todorovskiy

Valery Todorovsky (b. 1962, Odessa) studied screenwriting at Moscow's Film School (VGIK) and wrote the scripts for Dmitri Meskhiyev's Gambrinus, Cynics (Tsiniki), and Over the Dark Water (Nad tyomnoj vodoj). In 1989 he debuted with Catafalque (Katafalk), for which he took the Gold Ducat at the Mannheim IFF. In 1991 Love (Ljubov) followed, screened at the Chicago IFF, and recognized with the Cannes Ecumenical Jury Prize and awards from the European Feature Film Association. In 1994 he filmed a pastiche of Leskov's Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District – the film Moscow Nights (Podmoskovnye vechera). His two next films were also well received: Land of the Deaf (Strana gluchich, 1997) and the psychological drama The Lover (Ljubovnik, 2002). Valery Todorovsky also works as a producer.

MFF Karlovy Vary