Yevgenia (Zhenia) Kazankina (born 1996, Moscow) is a Russian film director and screenwriter.
Biography Kazankina was born in Moscow in 1996. She graduated from the Directing Department at VGIK (Vladimir Khotinenko’s workshop) in 2019. She currently resides in Rome.
Some Russian critics reported to have found commonalities between Kazankina’s films and the early works of Yorgos Lanthimos,Русская волна молодого авторского кино: Женя Казанкина и Лиза Янковская о фильме «Рио». Афиша4 новых женских российских фильма с фестиваля «Дух огня» (спойлер: самый лучший — короткий) . SRSLYРусское кино в топе . vk.com while the director herself is a fan of the so-called Greek Weird Wave.
In May 2026, her film City of Owls was included in the competition program at the Cannes Film Festival's Critics' Week.
Filmography Melody of Chance Encounters (2016) Rio (2019) Continuity of Parks (2022)Zhenia Kazankina’s Doc-Fiction Hybrid ‘Continuity of Parks’ Imagines Greek Heroes Living in a Moscow Park . Directors Notes Empty Rooms (2023)Пустые комнаты / Empty Rooms Three Secret Keys to Lovesickness (2023) New (2024)Названы лауреаты фестиваля молодого кино VOICES 2024 . Film.ru City of Owls (2026)
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