Sitora Alieva Explained

Sitora Alieva
Ситора Шохиновна Алиева
Birth Date:4 October 1963
Birth Place:Dushanbe, Tajik SSR

Sitora Shokhinovna Alieva (Russian: Ситора Шохиновна Алиева) – film expert, director of the IFF “Faces of love” and the IIF Sochi, artistic director of the largest Russian national film festival “Kinotavr”, official delegate of Warsaw International Film Festival, lecturer at film schools and universities, juror at numerous film festivals, including Berlinale, Venice Film Festival, etc. Member of European Film Academy.

Biography

Sitora Alieva was born in 1963 in Dushanbe, Tajik SSR. She made her film debut as an actress at the age of 7. In the following 9 years she had played about ten roles in different art and television films. In 1987 Alieva graduated from the scriptwriting and film history department (Evgeniy Surkov's class) of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow. Then she worked for Tajikfilm in Dushanbe and in 1991 promoted Tajik films at different venues around the world including Moscow International Film Festival.[1]

In 1991 she moved to Moscow and then began to work as Daniil Dondurey's, "Iskusstvo Kino" editor-in-chief, referent (1993-1996). In 1993 she began to work at “Kinotavr” conglomerate ran by Mark Rudinstein, and in 1999 became the director of its festival branches: IFF Sochi, IFF “Faces of Love” and the International Children's Arts Festival “Kinotavrik” (1999-2005).[2]

In 2005, after the “Kinotavr” brand was bought by Alexander Rodnyansky, only Russian part of the festival was left, IIF Sochi and IFF “Faces of Love” were stopped. Alieva has become the permanent artistic director of the Open Russian Film Festival “Kinotavr” – the largest national film festival of the country for now (the edition of Kinotavr-2022 is cancelled).[3] [4] [5]

Also, as a film expert and a festival professional, she lectures in Russia[6] [7] and abroad.[8] [9] [10]

Since 90-s Alieva has been taking part in juries of numerous international, national, the CIS and the Baltics, student and short film festivals, including:

In 2007-2010 Sitora Alieva had been Russia's official delegate of the Rome International Film Festival.[34]

Strating from 2007 - official delegate of the Warsaw International Film Festival.

Having such an active international festival life, being part of an extensive international festival network and the main national film festival selector at the same time make Sitora one of the key figures in promoting new Russian cinema at the international film festival scene.[35]

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Notes and References

  1. https://tjk.rus4all.ru/interview/20170630/728243713.html Алиева: Благодаря таджикскому кино я попала в поле фестивальной жизни
  2. http://kinotavr.ru/en/persons/3/ Sitora Alieva at Kinotavr official website
  3. http://tass.ru/info/5255006 "Kinotavr" film festival. Profile
  4. https://variety.com/2005/film/markets-festivals/kinotavr-fest-s-focus-is-local-pix-1117923205/ Kinotavr fest’s focus is local pix
  5. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/russias-biggest-local-film-festival-113402 Russia's biggest local film festival starts
  6. https://newcinemaschool.com/ru/school/teachers Moscow School of New Cinema
  7. http://moscowmanege.ru/laboratoriya-prokino/ Лаборатория PROкино
  8. https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/events/node/6245 University of Pittsburgh
  9. http://www.tursitani.com/speciale/cinema/cinemadamare-x-edizione-salvatore-verde-presidente-della-giuria-del-festival.html CinemadaMare X edizione, Salvatore Verde presidente della giuria del festival
  10. http://kinotavr.ru/ru/news/257/ Russian film week in Tajikistan
  11. http://2005.poff.ee/?todo=view_page&id=192&lang=2&st= Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Official website
  12. http://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/69813/ Cottbus sets sail on 16th Eastern journey
  13. https://issuu.com/festivalinternacionaldecinedemardel/docs/libro_22_-_festival__internacional_/402 22nd Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata Catalog
  14. https://variety.com/2007/film/features/zurich-film-festival-highlights-1117972290/ Zurich Film Festival: Highlights
  15. https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Curtain-to-go-up-on-film-fete/article15359416.ece Curtain to go up on film fete
  16. https://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/editor/kerala_2008_awards Kerala 2008 awards
  17. https://www.screendaily.com/venice-shorts-section-opens-with-bahranis-plastic-bag/5004771.article Venice shorts section opens with Bahrani's Plastic Bag
  18. https://www.mbl.is/media/34/1734.pdf RIFF 2009 Awards
  19. http://snimifilm.com/konkurs/konkurs-korotkometrazhnogo-kino-na-f5-0 Конкурс короткометражного кино на F5
  20. https://www.screendaily.com/festivals/le-havre-in-a-better-world-amongst-winners-at-filmfest-munchen-/5029456.article Le Havre, In A Better World amongst winners at Filmfest Munchen
  21. https://wff.pl/en/aktualnosci/laureaci-27-warszawskiego-festiwalu-filmowego PRIZE WINNERS of the 27th WARSAW FILM FESTIVAL
  22. http://www2.filmfestival.gr/en/festivals-en/festival-archive/film-festival/26113-52nd-thessaloniki-international-film-festival 52nd Thessaloniki International Film Festival
  23. https://www.letsceefilmfestival.com/jury-en.html LET’S CEE Film Festival
  24. http://biaff.org/news/?eId=11 Batumi International Art-House Film Festival News
  25. http://listapad.com/en/news/2013/11/prezentatsiia-orkf-kinotavr-i-master-klass-sitory-alievoi/ THE PRESENTATION OF FILM FESTIVAL “KINOTAVR” AND A MASTER CLASS BY SITORA ALIYEVA
  26. https://ria.ru/culture/20131001/966892955.html "2morrow/Завтра" расскажет о трудных подростках и жестокой любви
  27. https://www.obzor.lt/news/n10576.html Программный директор «Кинотавра» Ситора Алиева: «Я никогда не согласна с жюри!»
  28. http://tarkovskyfest.com/festarch/2014/news2014/375.html PRESS CONFERENCE OF VIII ANDREY TARKOVSKY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ZERKALO (“THE MIRROR”)
  29. http://2015.siff.bg/en/index.php@page=jury&id=29.html Sofia International Film Festival
  30. http://www.proficinema.ru/mainnews/awards/detail.php?ID=196379 В Москве пройдет третья церемония вручения сценарной премии «Слово»
  31. https://www.moviebreakingnews.com/2017/11/reykjavik-film-festival-kicks-off-with-i-killed-my-mother/ Reykjavik film festival kicks off with I Killed My Mother
  32. http://elgounafilmfestival.com/jury El Gouna Film Festival Jury
  33. http://www.pingyao.gov.cn/bum/gcgwh/gcdt/515770.shtml Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival
  34. http://kinoglaz.fr/u_fiche_person.php?lang=fr&num=7398 Sitora ALIEVA at Kinoglaz.fr
  35. http://www.kinokultura.com/2011/34-kinotavr.shtml Kinotavr 2011: Russian Cinema as a State of Mind

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