Yuri Semashko
Directing
Biography
Yuri Semashko is a self-taught director/screenwriter from Minsk (Belarus). In 2023, his short film "Garbage Head" was selected for the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. The world premiere of his first feature film "The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov" took place at the Berlinale 2025. The film won the "Tagesspiegel" Readers' Jury Award.
Known For
Amid rumors of the impending outbreak of World War III, 25-year-old musician Fedor Ozerov becomes obsessed with searching for his favorite sweater with daisies. He believes that this sweater gives him magical songwriting powers.
The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov
A timid supermarket security guard gets into a fatal confrontation with a very confident criminal element.
Blood and Karaoke
The sad story of one sofa.
It Won't Hurt
Yura is a shy garbageman and an aspiring filmmaker. Prokhor is his faithful dog and only friend. One day Yura finds a fake head among the garbage and decides to take it home. That night the head comes to life and offers to grant Yura any wish he may have.
Garbage Head
Sur-fantasy action-comedy about a girl and her pain.
The BoDy
A film about a young poet with a specific view of the world around him.
The Prisoner of Dirt
The incredible adventures of the General, who, on the orders of the Queen, went to distant lands to find a mysterious bird, the last hope of a dying kingdom.
When I Was General
Three stories about the future.