
Alexander Belov
Directing
Biography
Aleksandr Belov graduated from VGIK in 2018 (Vladimir Alenikov’s workshop). In 2020, he defended his dissertation at MGIMO, focusing on the poetics of contemporary Iranian cinema. In 2022, he enrolled in the Moscow School of New Cinema (Oleg Dorman’s screenwriting workshop). He currently continues his studies at Stockholm University of the Arts, where he works within the field of artistic research, exploring the poetics of memory and trauma in cinema. His short films Lucky Ticket to Palau (2018), I Can’t Sleep (2019), and Crash (2021) were screened at VGIK Film Festival, Saint Anna Student Film Festival, and Unknown Film Festival. His debut feature film project was shortlisted for the Moscow International Film Festival debut pitching competition. His latest short film, That Summer I Got Accepted to University, has been presented internationally, including at the San Sebastián International Film Festival (Nest), Festival of Future Storytellers (Germany), and Beijing International Short Film Festival, where the film received a Jury Special Mention.
Known For

A person loses something very important. A friend who was always there, who was ready to help and support in these difficult times. A friend who couldn't be saved. A friend who is being buried in tears, and then remembered over a drunken feast with kind words. This friend is a TV.
Funeral for the Truth

Lonely and eccentric resident of panel building, who keeps eye on order in stairwell, stumbles upon wrongly placed missing cat poster for cat named Bubbles. He decides to tear it down, but poster reappears again and again. This struggle against disorder becomes his routine, until one day poster disappears.
Bubbles
The Republic of Palau is an island nation associated with the United States, located in the Philippine Sea of the Pacific Ocean, 800 km east of the Philippines and north of Indonesia.
Lucky Ticket to Palau

Sitting under an umbrella on a sunny autumn day, a shy teenage vampire tries to strike up a conversation with a girl who is an artist.
Crush

In a Russian country house, two boys, Anton and Zhenya, shoot air rifles at bottles. Anton suddenly fires at a cat, shocking Zhenya. Their friendship becomes strained. That evening, Anton's father takes them to the river and recalls his own childhood, when he built a forest shelter together with a friend. As night falls, Anton tries to reconcile, but Zhenya rejects his friendship. The next day, at the bus stop, they part without speaking, their silence filled with unspoken tension and guilt.
That Summer I Got Accepted to University

Two small-town actors are heading Moscow to an audition for Helya's and Victor's parts in "Warsaw Melody" by Leonid Zorin. As they drive, they rehearse their parts.
Rehearsal
Term paper by Alexander Belov, VGIK student.