Blossoming ones
A curtain flutters out of the window, a flower blooms again and again, four women in black coats run to nowhere.
Zhenia Kazankina
Born in Moscow, Russia in 1996, Zhenia Kazankina (she/her) is a screenwriter and director and a graduate of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK). Her work revolves around themes of solitude, attachment, and alienation from a feminine perspective. Her short films have screened internationally in festivals such as Locarno Film Festival, Palm Springs ShortFest, ZINEBI, True/False and many others. She is an Alumna of Locarno Filmmakers' Academy and Spring Academy and of Reykjavík Talent Lab.
