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Movie
Directing
Ksenia Okhapkina
- Born
- (age 36)
- Birthplace
- Leningrad, USSR (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
- Credits
- 11 titles
Biography
Ksenia Olegovna Okhapkina (Ксения Олеговна Охапкина; born 6 December, 1989; Leningrad, USSR) is a Russian documentary filmmaker. She graduated from St. Petersburg State University of Film and TV in 2012. Since 2014, she has collaborated with the Estonian producer Riho Västrik and his film studio Vesilind.
Her first documentary produced in Vesilind, “Come Back Free”, won IDFA Special Jury Award for Mid-Length Documentary in 2016. “Come Back Free” is a poetic documentary about life in a war-torn Chechen village with local cemetery as its symbolic focal point. With her previous work, Ksenia has shown her ability to capture “the poetic in the pro- fane”. She avows to the meaningfulness of a single frame and has strong commitment to composition.
Signature work
Known For
Crew credits 11
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Артефакты Film | Creative Producer |
| 2025 | Once Upon a Time in Leningrad Film | Writer |
| 2025 | Citizen of the Sun Film | Director of Photography |
| 2019 | Immortal Film | Director of Photography, Screenplay, Editor |
| 2016 | Come Back Free Film | Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography |
| 2015 | Red Film | Director |
| 2013 | In the Beginning Was… The Cube Film | Director |
| 2012 | The Night Performance Film | Director, Screenplay |
| 2010 | Snowstorm Film | Director, Screenplay |
| 2010 | Liudians Film | Director |
| 2009 | The Smoke Film | Director |