Irina Volkova

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Irina Volkova

Born August 25, 1977 · Minusinsk, Krasnoyarsky kray, USSR (Russia) (age 49)

Irina Volkova grew up at the North of Russia. She had graduated from Krasnoyarsk State University at the year 2000, journalism faculty. At the year 2005 she graduated from High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors, direction faculty. Nowadays she lives and works in Moscow. She is specialized at directing full-length and short movies, TV series and documentaries, participates at projects b…

Known For

AirAir · 2024
Air
7.02024
MovieWarDrama
Young female fighter pilots arrive to the frontline. They have different stories and different fates. They are getting older, falling in love and lose their closest ones as well as take their place in the world of men. The air has become their home. However, at war no one knows whose fate is to live and who is doomed to die.
My KieslowskiMy Kieslowski · 2006
My Kieslowski
10.02006
MovieDocumentary
Without MeWithout Me · 2018
Without Me
6.12018
MovieThrillerDrama
Two girls, who used to be in love with the same man, are starting to get texts and other mysterious messages after his death, and the only person, who could’ve possibly sent them, is him. The messages from the gone man send two rivals to the south of the country, when they have two unravel the mystery of their mutual loved one, understand themselves and deal with their own past.
VeraVera · 2024
Vera
4.02024
MovieDrama
Vera lives solely on the problems of her family: her eternally ill husband Kostya and her fifteen-year-old son Romka. In fact, Vera is happy with everything, until her husband's first love suddenly appears on the horizon - the beautiful Lyudmila and her daughter Yulya. There is nothing special about the latter, but, as luck would have it, it is this girl that Romka is interested in. Now she is seriously thinking about divorce and exchanging an apartment, trying to force her son to move away from Yulka.
Russian Short. Vol. 2Russian Short. Vol. 2 · 2019
Russian Short. Vol. 2
2019
MovieComedyDrama
Five unusual short stories in the almanac from Russian directors. Horror about the mystical school from Alexander Domogarov, Jr. (“Let the children go”). Erotic thriller "Ear Ring" with Lukerya Ilyashenko. Black comedy about the forest walk of two friends "Mushrooms and fish." Witty kinonovella "Che" on a spontaneous trip to St. Petersburg. The post-New Year story with Olga Sutulova and Marina Vasilyeva about finding the missing guy named Kostik.
DistanceDistance · 2005
Distance
10.02005
Movie
He wants to leave, but always stays. She wants him to stay, but she cannot forgive. Night gives them a chance to see how will the life change if they do as they want. They see one dream together and there they realize why are they together.
Women of the GulagWomen of the Gulag · 2017
Women of the Gulag
6.32017
MovieDocumentary
Through unique and candid interviews the film tells the compelling and tragic stories of the six women – last survivors of the Gulag, the brutal system of repression and terror that devastated the Soviet population during the regime of Stalin.
InsideInside · 2008
Inside
10.02008
MovieDocumentaryDrama
There is a sterile megapolis outside. Chaos of pain and despair reigns there. People have lost their ability to be people and death is waiting for them everyday and everywhere. On contrary, "inside" is the place where they receive doctors' help. While saving the wretched, the doctors save all of us too.

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Woman's ViewWoman's View · 2021
Woman's View
2021
MovieDrama
A sensuous anthology of five short stories directed by young female directors with their own unique vision. Each of the stories in its own way examines different aspects of the life of modern women, plunging into their problems and experiences. The novel "Kindred Spirit" tells about a prostitute's love date with a major, and in "Marjanja" the sisters are looking for ways to come to an understanding. The heroes of the novel "Schrodinger's Paradise" are desperately searching for their Self, and the will of chance comes to their aid. In the "Issue", the main character realizes the falsity of her relationship with her best friend and keenly anticipates the passing of youth, and in the "Observer", the characters meet a real soul mate and find true happiness.

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