In 2001 she has graduated St. Petersburg University for Arts and Culture, Department of Film Directing, started her career as an Assistant Director at St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio. Her first films, "Letter" and "Communal Residence" were well-received both in Russia and abroad and marked with awards at many domestic and international film festivals, such as "Message to Man" (2003; St. Petersburg), Neubrandenburg IFF (2003; Germany), and the others. “Communal Residence” was part of a larger project "St. Petersburg 2003." After the project was completed, she was invited to work in Moscow on a documentary film series "Dating Service" about the single people who look for their other halves. At the same time, she worked on a project "Faces of the Epoch," directing such films as "Vishnevskaya and Rostropovich" among the others.
In 2004, her project for one of the major St. Petersburg TV stations - a film series on a Russian pop group TATU - has won an award for the best documentary series. In 2003-2004, she continued making documentary films, such as "Amazons" and "Rural Lessons". Currently, she is working on a new film and is full of new ideas for future work.
Rudnitskaya's films always have a characteristic original perspective; she is interested not only in depicting the facts of life but also in exploring the internal worlds of her characters. She succeeds in painting a vivid image of modern person while maintaining a very personal and humanistic approach to each one of her stories.
Filmography
Second prize of the jury – XIth “DocumentaMadrid” IFF, Spain, 2011
Competition at 51st IFF Krakow, Poland, 2011
Special jury prize at XIX film festival “Okno v Evropu”, Vyborg, 2011
Special jury chairman prize at International telefilmfestival of documentary drama "Saratovskie stradaniya", Saratov, Russia, 2011
The best short documentary at XXI IFF "Massage to man", Saint-Petersburg, 2011
Special jury prize at XXII Open festival of documentaries "Russia", Ekaterinburg, Russia, 2011
MDR Film Prize and Honorary Mention at 54 filmfestival of documentary and animated films, Leipzig, 2011
Award of the Student Union Greifswald at XX Europian Film Festival for documentaries DokumentART, Neubranderburg (Germany), Szczecin (Poland), 2011
"The best documentary" at the 5th World Independent Film Award, Warsaw, Poland, 2011
"The best creative documentary (art film) on video or film" at "Lavrovaya vetv", Moscow, Russia, 2011
Award Danzante (for its formal view of a sensitive topic between the fine line of existence and no existence. We are grateful to the director for leaving an open ending to allow the spectator to reflect upon the film) at 39 International Film Festival in Huesco, Spain, 2011
Principal Prize "For its poignant reflections on the reconstruction of femininity in post-communist Russia" at Oberhausen IFF, Germany, 2008 (premier)
„Golden Shorts" at Vienna Independent Shorts International Film Festival, Austria, 2008
Prize from TV channel "24dok" at FF Kinoteatr.doc, Moscow, Russia, 2008
The best short documentary at IFF "Stars of Shaken", Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2008
The main sponsor prize at the festival "Saratovskie stradaniya", Saratov, Russia, 2008
Participation at IFF Villa de Condo (competition), Portuguese, 2008
Participation at IFF «Open cinema» (competition), Saint-Petersburg, 2008
Participation at IFF «Okno v Evropu» (competition), Vyborg,Russia, 2008
Participation at IFF of Anthropologic films (competition), Salekhard, Russia, 2008
Participation at Exground IFF (competition), Wiesbaden, Germany, 2008
IFF Oberhausen, Germany
IFF Madrid Documenta, Spain
IFF " Independent Shorts ", Vein, Austria
IFF " Stars of Shaken ", Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan
IFF Villa De Conde, Portugal
"Open cinema" Saint-Petersburg, Russia
"Okno v Europu", Vyborg, Russia
RFAF international festival of Anthropological Films, Salekhard, Russia
"Rossya" IFF, Yekaterinburg, Russia
52 London BFI IFF - Alina Rudnitskaya film programme
Prix europa IFF, Berlin, Germany
IFF "in Drama", Greece
Exground IFF, Germany - Alina Rudnitskaya film programme
Saratovskie stradania IFF, Saratov, Russia
No-budget film festival "Suburbia", Roma, Italy
Kassel IFF, Germany
Neubrandenburg IFF, Germany
IDFA, Amsterdam
Winterthur IFF, Switzerland - Alina Rudnitskaya film programme
IFF Cork, Denmark.
KIN, Erevan, Armenia
IFF BILBAO, Spain
IFF "Russia, have a smile", Moscow, Russia
Bamberger IFF, Germany
Tromso IFF, Norway
2006 – “Besame Mucho” (St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio Production, documentary, 35 mm, color, 28 min)
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