granovskaia
alina
Director, Screenwriter
Musician, Songwriter
2023:
Shooting (directing and hosting) documentary movie
«Cloud Russians. London»
EDUCATION
2022:
Raindance Film School, Filmmaking (UK, London)
2013:
New York Film Academy, Screenwriting (USA, LA)
2004-2009:
Master’s degree in Journalism (VSU, Russia)
2004-2008:
Bachelor’s degree in English Interpretation, with Roman and German philology (VSU, Russia)
2022:
  • «Official Selection» at the Raindance Film Festival (London, UK), «The Choice»
  • «Best Actress» at the Paradise Film Festival (Budapest, Hungary), «The Choice»
  • «Best Women’s Short Film» at the Diamond Bell International Film Festival (India), «The Choice»
  • «Best Debut Short Film» and «Best Actress» at the Santa Dev International Film Festival 2022 (India), «The Choice»
  • «Official Selection» at the OOTY Short Film Festival (Mumbai, India), «The Choice»
  • «Official Selection» at the LIFT-OFF GLOBAL NETWORK FIRST-TIME SESSIONS FILMMAKER (UK), «The Choice»
  • «Semi-Finalist» Robinson Film Awards International Film Festival (Italy, 2022)
  • «Official Selection» Metropolis Film Festival (Italy)
2023:
Official Selection Big Apple Film Festival 2023
about me
EXPERIENCE AND ACHIEVEMENTS
2022:
Screenwriting and directing a zero-budget short movie «The Choice», which has been selected and screened at several international film festivals including Raindance Festival 2022 (London, UK)
2018-2021:
Screenwriting more than 50 creative advertisements for the most popular Russian and international brands based in Russia
2020-2021:
Screenwriting, acting and directing two music videos to Alina’s music project «Алина Грановская». Composed and released 2 music EP and several singles
2017-2019:
Screenwriting and directing two music videos to Alina’s project OMURA. The «The Whale’s Bay» music video was filmed in the world’s deepest swimming pool, Y-40 (Italy) starring Marina Kazankova - World Champion Freediver, Guinness Records Holder
2019:
Writing, producing and directing a unique multimedia show «The Whale’s Bay», which united musicians from all around the world via internet in real time (Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Russia). «The Whale’s Bay» welcomed more than 5,000 viewers from 18 countries
2014:
Creating performances for the Olympic Games’2014 in Sochi, Russia
2013:
Author of a «Alina in the country of happy endings» book (2,000 copies sold, Russia)
2015-2019:
Creating music and singing in OMURA music project and acting as a co-author to several film scores with composer Evgeny Teilor. Making 16 minutes music performance at London Fashion Week’17 for the fashion brand Irynvigre. Collaborating with New Zealand and British music productions
2009-2013:
Serving as a creative director of the 2 largest music labels in Russia ‘Black Star inc.’ and «Machete Records». Beyond this role, Alina accomplished screenwriting, directing and filming 7 music videos for the most attributed artists within 2 companies.
INTERNATIONAL HONORS - AWARDS
2023:
  • «Official Selection» Cinematic European Film Festival 2023, "The Choice" (Romania, 2023)
  • «Official Selection» L’HIFF Love & Hope - Barcelona International film Festival 2023 The Choice (Spain, 2023)
Upcoming projects
Documentary series Cloud Russians
Creator, director, screenwriter, host
Documentary episodes about Russian-speaking community encompassing more then 200 stories of Russian emigration history from all over the world.
Premiere - 16 April 2023.
Short Movie “Family Values”
Dramedy, black comedy. Screenwriter, director.
Расскажите свою историю эмиграции и станьте героем Облачных русских. Любую дополнительную информацию присылайте на почту — stories.cloudrussians@gmail.com
Shooting in Spring/Summer 2023. Open for the fundraising -
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The CHOICE, 2022
Screenwriter, director, co-composer
Ya budu jit’ music video, 2021
Director, singer, songwriter, actress
Maya music video, 2021
Screenwriter, director, singer, songwriter, actress
Waterfall music video, 2018
Screenwriter, director
LifeStyleFest, 2015-2018
CEO of the festival
The Whale’s Bay music video, 2017
Screenwriter, director, singer, songwriter
Writer, creator, producer, director, singer, songwriter
The Whale’s Bay show, 2017
Cloud Russians: London. Part I, 2023
Executive producer, director, host
Omura Music, 2015-2019
Alina GranovskaIa music, 2020-present time
completed projects
Official soundtrack for the TV-series “Жиза”
Moscow’ 22
Official soundtrack for the short movie “Раздающая”
Moscow’ 18
Official soundtrack for the popular russian sketch com “Смешное время”
Russia’ 17
16 min track for the Irynvigre show
London’ 17
Official soundtrack for the short movie “Естественный отбор”
Russia’ 18
Official soundtrack for the short movie Pure Lie
London’ 17
Scores
Music for the most popular dance show in Russia “Танцы на ТНТ” - “Why me?”, Omura
Russia’ 16
Music for the most popular dance show in Russia “Танцы на ТНТ” - “Beyond the trees?”, Omura
Russia’ 16
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