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also for many other domestic studios, making their unique contribution
to the development of the Russian animation industry.
Natalia Lukinykh is a film critic, expert in animation, teacher
(docent) in the Russian State Cinema University (VGIK) and School-
Studio SHAR. She is a documentary filmmaker and has been honored
as a cultural worker of the Russian Federation. She has written
numerous articles and TV reviews about contemporary film and
animation. Natalia Lukinykh has created and directed original TV
programs (ANIMATEKA, ANIMA-LESSON) and documentaries about
animation and culture. She has won at international film festivals.
She is a scholar of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts “Nika” and
a member of FIPRESCI and ASIFA. She is also the program director
of the animated film festival Suzdalfest, the curator of the animation
program for the international film festival Pacific Meridian in
Vladivostok, and she has been a jury member for various international
film festivals (Berlin, Tampere, Leipzig, Annecy, Stuttgart,
Seoul, Zagreb, Tallinn, Vilnius, Riga etc.). She has participated in
international animation workshops and taught students in Ukraine,
Lithuania, Estonia, Belgium, Portugal, and Ireland.
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