Pavel Kizhuk
Acting
Biography
Pavel Kizhuk is a Belarusian actor, director, and musician known for his contributions to Russian cinema and theater, as well as his work as frontman of the experimental band Unokrysh. Born in Grodno, at the age of eight,he attended a local art school for drawing lessons, and then studied at a school with a focus on fine arts.At the age of twelve, he practiced Thai boxing for a year and a half, after which he began to engage in professional road cycling.He participated in international races, became a candidate master of sports.The best international rider in the junior stage race in Poland (Kluczbork).He graduated from the local Olympic Reserve School in Grodno. In 2013 bought a bus ticket from Grodno to Moscow and went with a backpack and $200 with a dream of becoming an actor. Worked various jobs: as a loader,truck driver, auto mechanic, model,barman,waiter,cosmetics salesman, clown, handing out leaflets. In 2015 tried to start study to all the state theater institutions in Moscow.He didn't work out, and wasn't too upset.Pavel began to search for where to study theatrical art and found a theater workshop at the Greek cultural center in Moscow.Where he met directors Georgy Vladimirovich Chervinsky and Georgy Ponagopoulous, where he was joyfully accepted.Georgy Vladimirovich had his own theater "Studio 69" which he founded in 1987 in Moscow. Had to juggle studying and rehearsals with the normal life of a worker/visiting worker, which wasn't easy.Had to leave for rehearsals during lunch, or drive a truck to the theater, go to rehearsal, and then get behind the wheel. During his periods of study and work, he still managed to actively acted in films.In 2020,"Studio 69" theater closed due to the death of its director. He wrote the script and directed his own short film "Sneakers" which was released in 2021.Part of the film was shot in Moscow, and part in Malta. The film participated in many international festivals,was chosen by Abbey Film Festival London,United Kingdom.Had its premiere in Moscow at the Dostoevsky Library. He has worked extensively with young directors and non-standard cinema, which makes a definite contribution to the evolution of local culture. In 2022 has recorded albums in an experimental style,in Moscow,near-metal-psychedelia, with the group "Unokrysh.".Pavel is a guitarist, frontman, and lyricist. Did it to encourage local musicians to create independently and be individual,evolution.
Known For
The main characters of the series are an ordinary family. The family consists of the following: Kostya, his wife Vera and their children: Masha and the twins Philip and Kirill. Right on the same landing, where the apartment of the young Voronin family is located, Kostya’s parents live: Galina Ivanovna, Nikolai Petrovich and Lyonya - Kostya's older brother.
The Voronins
Two years after the fall of the alien ship, the life of a young woman from Moscow has been changed forever. Her growing powers are now at the focus of both human and celestial investigation: an alien force takes an interest in her, and will stop short of nothing, including an invasion. Can love and compassion save humanity, when faced with a much greater and more demanding test this time?
Invasion
An ordinary working class boy, like all his peers, he played football day and night and dreamed of being a striker. But no matter which team he played for - in the yard, at the factory, or in the army - he was inevitably put in goal.
Lev Yashin. The Dream Goalkeeper
Famous chefs Senya and Fedya from the series Kukhnya, continue their independent business story
Senya Fedya
The history of the confrontation between two worlds: the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Ural Parma, the ancient Perm lands inhabited by pagans. Here heroes and ghosts, princes and shamans, Voguls and Muscovites will clash. At the center of the conflict of civilizations is the fate of the Russian prince Mikhail, who fell in love with the young Tiche, a witch-lamia capable of taking on the form of a lynx. Passion for the pagan and fidelity to forbidden love, a campaign against the Voguls, bloody battles and a short peace, the battle between Muscovy and Parma, the hero will face trials in which it is not so terrible to part with life as to commit treason.
Land of Legends
On the eve of the new year, the Barvikha Severnoe police station is threatened with closure. To save his own department, a police officer from Rublyovka Grisha Izmailov is forced to go to extreme measures and, together with operatives, decides to rob a bank. He is counting on the fact that his colleagues, together with the head of the department, Yakovlev, will easily disclose this matter, the money will be returned back, and everyone will keep their work next year. But everything is not going the way Grisha planned ...
VIP Cop: New Year's Eve Mayhem
Matvey is a young diligent altar boy who dreams of becoming a priest. Agata is a spontaneous, daring artist who is not used to planning ahead. After meeting Matvey and Agata, they realize that their seemingly different worlds are united by the same problems and values. But can they really understand it?
Matthew Passion
Dina is a young Russian filmmaker working on a film about Stalinist repressions and the massive intergenerational trauma they caused that continues to resonate in modern-day Russia. Together with her friend Johan, a German sound designer whose grandfather went missing in the USSR during the Second World War, she embarks on a journey to the former Soviet labour camps. Almost deserted, the abandoned lands of Gulag still bear traces of those who perished there. Although this trip becomes somewhat therapeutic for the two of them, it also puts their relationship to the test.
Dolomite and Ash
The story of "The Manfred", a Soviet rock band, and its leader Roman Blestyachev, who pioneered «glam rock and queerness» in the USSR. One day, the group decided to sacrifice success and protest against the state and war...
Glam!
A former jailed owner of a large metallurgical enterprise gives an interview about the death of his longtime friend, the regional governor, with whom he made a fortune in privatization in the 1990s
Gubernator
"Sneakers" (2021) is a short film written, directed, and starring Pavel Kizhuk. The plot follows a "confused young man" attempting to gain control of a situation that defies his destiny. Shot in Moscow and Malta, the film has competed at international festivals and was recognized at the Abbey Film Festival in London.
Sneakers
The film reveals the importance of accepting reality, even the most hopeless one, because everything in this world, if you try hard enough, can be changed for the better.
Humiliti
History teaches painful but true lessons. Another love triangle from Inga Doeva.
Nerd
A film about a man who is disillusioned with his life.
Deadlock
A local Don Juan receives a package containing an urn of ashes and a note from a girl asking him to scatter her ashes where they were supposed to meet. But the hero doesn't remember the place or the girl.
How I scattered her ashes
A clash of two worlds and a clash directed by Gleb Sheverdov.
Reptilian brain
John Steinbeck "Breakfast" adaptation. A lost and battered musician tries to find his way home, but at night he notices a mysterious glow on the bridge. Written and directed by Ilya Zhdanov
On the other side of the bridge
The film celebrates friendships and the very idea of "Barbecue" The endings are based on a screenplay technique by David Lynch
Once Upon a Time in the Forest
A rising blogger has discovered an abandoned building from the latest Death File, titled "The Red Room." He's certain that the staged filming of the video was done in this very deserted building.
Death files: Red room
The story of the creative quest of a young musician who has never experienced approval or understanding before. Starring Pavel Kizhuk and Daria Ponomareva.Daria Zhukova directors debut.