Alexander Belov

Biography

Aleksandr Belov graduated from VGIK in 2018 (Vladimir Alenikov’s workshop). In 2020, he defended his dissertation at MGIMO, focusing on the poetics of contemporary Iranian cinema. In 2022, he enrolled in the Moscow School of New Cinema (Oleg Dorman’s screenwriting workshop). He currently continues his studies at Stockholm University of the Arts, where he works within the field of artistic research, exploring the poetics of memory and trauma in cinema. His short films Lucky Ticket to Palau (2018), I Can’t Sleep (2019), and Crash (2021) were screened at VGIK Film Festival, Saint Anna Student Fi…