Vera Zelinskaya. MY LIFE IS A MOVIE

The project was implemented using a grant of the President of the Russian Federation for the development of civil society provided by the Presidential Grants Fund

MY LIFE - CINEMA - the project of the Borey gallery, representing an exhibition of works by the Russian art director, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Vera Evgenievna Zelinskaya.

“Zelinskaya is the most important figure in the European cinema space. Her professional experience is the national treasure of Russia… she is a true Leningrad creator, a person of the highest standard - she is an example of both skill and service ”- it is difficult to add something to the words of film director Alexander Sokurov. Vera Zelinskaya production designer of such films as “Quiet Pages”, “Eastern Elegy”, “Mother and Son” by Alexander Sokurov, “About Freaks and People” by Alexei Balabanov, “Diary of His Wife”, “Space as a Premonition”, “Edge "," Matilda. The mystery of the Romanov dynasty ”by Alexei Uchitel,“ Alien White and Pockmarked ”,“ Anna Karenina ”by Sergey Solovyov,“ Barack ”by Valery Ogorodnikov and many others.

At the exhibition in the Borey Gallery, working sketches, drawings, details and mock-ups of sets for films of different years will be presented - all that is the daily work of the film director. All exhibits will be accompanied by written copyright annotations and interesting stories that occurred on the set of a movie. As part of the exhibition, open meetings will be held at which Vera Zelinskaya will tell visitors about the complex but unusually interesting life of a film artist, about skill, about serving at Lenfilm, and share her unique professional and life experience. In the halls of the gallery on the television panel in non-stop mode there will be screenings of films on the creation of which Vera Evgenievna worked.

Vera Evgenievna Zelinskaya was born in 1944 in Novosibirsk. In 1971 she graduated from LVHPU them. V. Mukhina. Since 1964 he has been working at Lenfilm.

Nominations and awards:
1997 - Competition of professional awards of the film studio "Lenfilm" and the Leningrad branch of SC "Bronze Horseman" - Prize named after HER. Eney for the best work of the production designer (film "Mother and Son")
1998 - Golden Aries Award for the best work of the production designer (film “About Freaks and People”)
2000 - State Prize of Russia (film "Barack")
2001 - IFF in Milan - Prize to the best production designer (film "Diary of his wife")
2018 - “Nika” Prize for the best work of the artist (film “Matilda”)
2019 - Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (June 13, 2019) - for his great contribution to the development of domestic culture and art, many years of fruitful activity.
Breastplate "Honorary Cinematographer of Russia"
Nominations for the Nika Prize:
1999 - “About Freaks and People”
2000 - Barack
2001 - “The Diary of His Wife”
2011 - The Edge
Nomination for the Golden Eagle Award for the best work of the production designer:
2006 - “Space as a Premonition”