ALEXANDER MARKOV

Alexander Markov is a documentary filmmaker, cinema historian and artist.
He directs films in Saint Petersburg and abroad, teaches documentary directing at Saint Petersburg State Institute of Film and Television, and works as an independent curator. Markov has directed a number of documentary films, including Museum of Dreams (2000), Children of the Sun (2011), Get Used to This Place (2011), German Portraits Russian Style (2012) and Our Africa (2018).

His video installations were shown at Sharjah Biennial, Calvert 22, Iwalewahaus, Africa.Cont, CEU, among many others. Markov's films were selected and awarded prizes at various international film festivals such as Berlinale Talents, Visions Du Réel, DocPoint, Sheffield Doc, Film Africa, Message To Man, NYAFF, Artdocfest, Cinefest, Directors Lounge, Stalker, Temps De Images, and others.