Anastasia Shubina & Timofey Glinin
Directors and producers
Award-winning directors, photographers and new media artists. Combining backgrounds in both science and art — Timofey holds a PhD in Genetics, while Anastasia holds Master’s degrees in Biology and Philosophy and is also an established new media artist — they work at the intersection of documentary film, photography, and contemporary science, exploring themes of anthropology, longevity science, transhumanism, and speculative futures. Their works have been presented in over 100 exhibitions and major festivals worldwide, including the Centre Pompidou, the Musée du Quai Branly — Jacques Chirac (Paris), the McCord Stewart Museum (Montreal), and the ANU Museum (Tel Aviv). They are recipients of numerous awards, including the BarTur Photo Award “Faces of Humanity, ” the Ann Lesley BarTur Award, and POY Asia. Their films have screened at leading documentary festivals and received multiple honors, including Sheffield DocFest (UK), the 45th Cinéma du Réel (Paris, Special Prize), the 72nd Trento Film Festival (Italy, Special Mention), Somerville International Film Festival (USA, Best Documentary), the Grand Jury Prize at the Family Film Project (Portugal), and the Grand Prize at The World of Knowledge IFF. Their works are also part of numerous international
Ksenia Gapchenko
Creative Producer
Ksenia Gapchenko is an award-winning producer with over a decade of industry experience. She is passionate about creating impactful content with a focus on personal stories. A member of the European Film Academy and a Nipkow Workshop fellow (2022/2023), Ksenia now concentrates on producing and screenwriting. For many years Ksenia worked in the field of film programming and festival advising. She worked as a programming director for the Documentary Film Center, also worked with the leading documentary film festivals (IDFA, Visions Du Reel, Jihlava, Dok Leipzig, Hot Docs, and Doc Lisboa). Her filmography as a producer includes How to Save a Dead Friend (2022), an award-winning film screened at the Cannes Film Festival (Cannes L’ACID) and honored at Visions du Réel, DOC NYC (Grand Prix), among others. She took part in prestigious programs such as Eurodoc and Ex Oriente and has successfully pitched projects at events including IDFA Forum and DOK Leipzig.
Ilya Fomin
Producer
Ilya Fomin is a California-based producer and musician, currently leading the technical team for YouTube Live at Google. He produces art documentary films by emerging and established directors, including the new media project Rob Nilsson’s Art Forms in collaboration with acclaimed filmmaker Rob Nilsson, whose work has earned the Camera d’Or at Cannes (1979) and the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance (1988). Ilya also produced The Way Things Seem To Be (2024) by Zhan Petrov, a film about Nilsson; Petrov’s documentary How I See (2023); and the VR project Fire Together.
