Director
Aliona van der Horst
56 years · Moscow, USSR (Russia) · 10 films
In her 20 years of filmmaking Aliona van der Horst (born in in Russia, raised in the Netherlands) has received multiple international awards for her films, which were screened at film festivals around the world. Because of her personal, poetic and cinematic vision, her films are profoundly compelling and touching. Her most recent film, Love is Potatoes, won a number of awards, including the Golden Calf Award (Dutch Oscar) in 2018. Her films revolve around the question of how ordinary people's lives are shaped by historical events. By zooming in to a very intimate level she tells a universal story full of compassion. Most of her work deals with Russia, a country with which she has a love/hate relationship. Retrospectives of her work were held in Barcelona, Kiev and Belgrade. She is a member of the Documentary branch of AMPAS.
Best known for
Filmography 10
Gerlach
2023 · Director
Turn Your Body to the Sun
2021 · Screenplay, Director
On True Story
Love Is Potatoes
2017 · Herself, Screenplay
Water Children
2011 · Editor, Director
Boris Ryzhy
2008 · Screenplay, Director
The Hermitage Dwellers
2006 · Screenplay, Director
On OVID
Voices of Bam
2006 · Director
After the Spring of '68
2000 · Director
The Dissident and the KGB General
1998 · Director
The Lady with the White Hat
1997 · Director