PROJECTS

Svetlana Bakushina Fusion Project

Theatre Work

2012
Title/Production: “Tempest” — Russian State Academic Drama Theatre Named After Fyodor Volkov, directed by Henryk Baranowski (based on William Shakespeare)
Genre: Tragicomedy
Position/Function: Video projection artist

2009
Title/Production: “Loneliness in the Net” — Theatre Festival “Baltic House”, Saint-Petersburg, Russia; based on the novel by Janusz Leon Wiśniewski, directed by Henryk Baranowski
Genre: Drama
Position/Function: Director of photography, video projection artist, video editor, VFX

2006
Title/Production: “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” — Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Russia; libretto by A. Preiss and Shostakovich based on N. Leskov; directed by Henryk Baranowski, conducted by Teodor Currentzis
Genre: Opera
Position/Function: Video projection artist
Festivals: Russian National Theatre Festival “Golden Mask”
Awards: Winner of Golden Mask Award — National Theatre Award, Russia

2003
Title/Production: “Life with an Idiot” — Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Russia; directed by Henryk Baranowski
Genre: Opera
Position/Function: Production photographer, poster designer
Festivals: Russian National Theatre Festival “Golden Mask”
Awards: Winner of Golden Mask Award — National Theatre Award, Russia

Filmography

2018
Title: “The Seventh Page” — Directed by Jack C. Mancino; production: HORIZOOM, USA
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy (Duration: 2h 48min)
Position/Function: Actress, role: Woman in the black dress
Link: IMDB

2017
Title: “The Beginning” — short film. Production: Cheap Commercials (Portugal) & The Shadowvectors (USA)
Genre: Horror, suspense (4 min)
Position/Function: Director, actress. Role: Calista Bouvey
Festivals: Women’s Only Entertainment Film Festival (USA), Stormy Weather Horror Fest, Berlin Flash Film Festival, Sick Chick Flicks Film Festival, 300 Seconds Short Film Festival, Green Apple Film Festival (Russia)
Awards: Winner (WOEFF), Best Short Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Finalist, Diploma

2011
Title: “Dreamsong of Olaf Åsteson. Dance Journey of the Soul” — Production: Maria-Gabriele Wosien, Germany
Genre: Choreography art film (30 min)
Position/Function: Production assistant, still photographer

2010
Title: “Her Picture” — Production: Lala Films, Russia
Genre: Drama (15 min)
Position/Function: Composer
Festival: Short Film Corner, Cannes Film Festival (France)

2009
Title: “To Beat or Not to Beat” — Production: Igor Shadkhan’s Studio, Russia
Genre: Documentary (45 min)
Position/Function: Director, cinematographer, composer
Festivals: Multiple international festivals including Espinho (Portugal), Green Apple (Russia), Amsterdam IDFA, Full Frame (USA), ZagrebDox, Doclisboa, Documenta Madrid, and more
Awards: Best Documentary, Best Directing Award, Best Film Documentary Award, Golden Horseshoe Grand Prix, Best Feature Documentary, and many more

2009
Title: “Countryside 35×45” — Directed by Evgeny Solomin, Production: Kino-Siberia, Russia
Genre: Documentary (43 min)
Position/Function: Director assistant
Festivals: Moscow International Film Festival, “Window to Europe” (Vyborg), Open Documentary Film Festival “Russia”, Flahertiana, BelDocs, and others
Awards: Multiple international awards including Best Documentary, Best Directing, and Grand Prix

2007
Title: “Bordered by Horizon” — Production: Svetlana Bakushina
Genre: Documentary (18 min)
Position/Function: Director, cinematographer, composer
Festivals: Moscow International Film Festival, Golden Drum (Khanty-Mansiysk), Kinoteatr.doc (Moscow), Meetings in Siberia, Washougal (USA)
Awards: Best Art Film, Best Documentary

2005
Title: “Melody for a Flute” — Production: Svetlana Bakushina
Genre: Experimental short film (10 min)
Position/Function: Director, cinematographer
Festival: St. Petersburg International Festival of Debut Films “Beginning”
Awards: Best Experimental Film

2004
Title: “Faith” — Production: Svetlana Bakushina
Genre: Comedy (3 min)
Position/Function: Director, cinematographer
Festivals: St. Petersburg International Festival of Debut Films “Beginning”, Extra Short Film Festival (Novosibirsk)
Awards: Best Advertising Film, Best Film

1996
Title: “Orchestra” — Directed by Yuri Shiller, Production: Novosibirsktelefilm
Genre: Documentary (70 min)
Position/Function: Orchestra musician

1992
Title: “Crazy Flight” (Безумный рейс) — Production: Inter-Т, Russia
Genre: Comedy (82 min)
Position/Function: Child actor

Television Work

2002
Title: “World Around Us” — 30-episode series, Production: Old Mill, Novosibirsk
Genre: Scientific and educational TV series
Position/Function: Director of photography
Award: TEFI — Commonwealth 2003, Winner in the category “Best Program for Children”

2003
Title: “Why Does a Ship Need Sails?” (Зачем кораблю паруса)
Genre: Educational program
Position/Function: Director of photography
Award: TEFI – Commonwealth Diploma

2004
Title: “Miracles of the Old Mill” — Production: Old Mill, Novosibirsk
Genre: Educational TV program
Position/Function: Director of photography
Festival: XIV Moscow International Festival of TV Programs for Children
Award: Grand Prix

1988
Title: “The Academy of Children’s Sciences: Music. How to Compose an Opera” — Directed by Leonid Sikoruk, Production: Old Mill Studio
Genre: Educational film for children (70 min)
Position/Function: Child actor

TV COMMERCIALS

2014 – 2017

Directed and acted more then 300 TV and media commercials for international brands. Several of these ads were broadcast on major TV networks worldwide, including National Geographic Channel (USA), Russia 1 (Russia), Sigma TV (Cyprus), Correio da Manhã TV (Portugal), ABC (USA), Trans7 (Indonesia), Seven West Media (Australia), and more.

ART EXHIBITIONS

2016

• Collective photo exhibition “Premium”
  • Tomsk Regional Art Museum, National Center for Contemporary Arts, Tomsk, Russia
  • House of Scientists of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia

2013

• Collective exhibition “Photo. Image. March”, Gallery of “Contemporary Photography School”, Moscow, Russia

2008

• VOAV- Wettbewerb fur Digitale Bildverarbeitung, Bauernmarkt, Austria
• 10th International Photography Biennal AQUEDUCTE´08, Agrupacio Foto-Cine Cerdanyola-Ripollet, Cerdanyola del Valles, Spain
• International photo exhibition “Tracing love 24/7”, “Magicin” Gallery, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
• Siberian Ethnic festival “Taiga”, Novosibirsk State Art Museum

2007

• Solo Exhibition, “Pararam” Gallery, Ekaterinburg, Russia

2006

• III International Festival AniGma. Digital Technologies in Contemporary Art. Exhibition of computer generated prints, digital photography, video-art and animation. Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia
• Solo exhibition “RUNES”, Gallery CHERNOFF, Novosibirsk, Russia (March 10)
• International festival of contemporary art “Stop! Who is Coming?”, National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia

2005

• IV Shiryaevo Biennale of Contemporary Art “Love: between Europe and Asia”, Samara, Russia
• International Photographic Festival SIBERIAN BIENNIAL. 3rd place in the category “Multimedia projects.” Surgut, Russia (June 10)
• Exhibition “Siberian myth. The images and symbols of the archaic cultures in contemporary art. Omsk, Gorno-Altaisk, Barnaul, Novosibirsk, Tyumen”, The project of the State Russian Museum “Sprouting Siberia”. Omsk Museum of Fine Arts named after Mikhail Vrubel. Omsk, Russia (April 1-29)
• Solo exhibition “Melody for Flute”, Gallery “Chernoff”, Novosibirsk, Russia (September 1)

2004

• Contemporary Art Exhibition “Snow White gentle people”, M. Vrubel Omsk Museum of Fine Arts. Omsk, Russia (December)
• XIV Photography Salon Society of Macao, China. International Exhibition of Photography Macao. Award: Golden medal P.S.S.M. Macao, China (October)
• III International Exhibition of Contemporary Art “Toys”, the House of National Cultures G.D.Zavolokin, Novosibirsk, Russia (October 2-12)
• International Photographic Festival Volzhskoye Biennale, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
• International Photo Salon “Siberia 2004”, Novosibirsk State Museum of Local History and Nature, Novosibirsk, Russia (April 21)
• Contemporary Art exhibition “Dolce Vita”, House of National Cultures named after G.D.Zavolokin, Novosibirsk, Russia (February-March)

2003

• Swansea City Exhibition of International Photography, Swansea, Scotland
• III Novosibirsk International Biennal of Modern Graphics, Novosibirsk State Art Gallery, Novosibirsk, Russia
• Carnival of Contemporary Art “Fly”, DK Kirov, Novosibirsk, Russia (August)
• Collective Exhibition “110 photographs by Novosibirsk photographers”, Novosibirsk State Museum of Local History and Nature, Novosibirsk, Russia (June)
• Festival of digital art “Trajectory”, Gallery “Le Vall”, Novosibirsk, Russia
• Solo exhibition “Oddities of everyday life”, “Le Vall” Gallery, Novosibirsk, Russia
• Collective photo exhibition-contest. Award: First Prize, Photo Center of the Union of Journalists of Russia, Moscow

2002

• Solo exhibition in the “Moscow Fine Art” gallery, within the Festival of contemporary Art “Stop! Who is coming!?”, National Center for Contemporary Art (NCCA), Moscow, Russia

MUSIC FESTIVALS

Role: Producer, art director

2021–2024
I, II, III, and IV Festival of Chamber Music Vilanova of Monchique, Portugal

2017–2018
I and II Festival of Ethnic Siberian Music “Taiga”, Novosibirsk, Russia

Music albums

2021 Svetlana Bakushina, piano solo album Sun and Frost

2024 Svetlana Bakushina Fusion project, album Algarvia

Awards & Recognitions

Theatre Work

• 2006 – Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: Golden Mask Award, National Theatre Award, Russia
  Role: Video Projection Artist
• 2003 – Life with an Idiot: Golden Mask Award, National Theatre Award, Russia
  Role: Production Photographer, Poster Designer

Filmography

• 2017 – The Beginning: Winner (WOEFF), Best Short Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Finalist, Diploma (Green Apple)
  Role: Director, Cinematographer, Editor
• 2009 – To Beat or Not to Beat: Diploma (Green Apple)
  Role: Director, Cinematographer, Composer
• 2009 – Countryside 35×45: Multiple international awards including Best Documentary, Best Directing, and Grand Prix
  Role: Director Assistant
• 2007 – Bordered by Horizon: Best Art Film, Best Documentary
  Role: Director, Cinematographer, Composer
• 2005 – Melody for a Flute: Best Experimental Film, St. Petersburg International Festival “Beginning”
  Role: Director, Cinematographer
• 2004 – Faith: Best Advertising Film and Best Film, Extra Short Film Festival (Novosibirsk)
  Role: Director, Cinematographer

Television Work

• 2002 – World Around Us: TEFI – Commonwealth, Best Program for Children
  Role: Director of Photography
• 2003 – Why Does a Ship Need Sails?: TEFI – Commonwealth Diploma
  Role: Director of Photography
• 2004 – Miracles of the Old Mill: Grand Prix, XIV Moscow International Festival of TV Programs for Children
  Role: Director of Photography

Art Photography

• 2005 – Siberian Biennial: 3rd place, Multimedia Projects category, Surgut, Russia
• 2004 – XIV Photography Salon Society of Macao: Golden Medal, P.S.S.M. Macao, China
• 2003 – Collective Photo Exhibition-Contest: First Prize, Photo Center of the Union of Journalists of Russia, Moscow