KATERINA MIKHAYLOVA
Producer
Film producer, founder of VEGA Film and co-founder of the Association of Women Film Producers of Russia. She is a member of the European Film Academy and the Russian Filmmakers’ Union.
Mikhaylova graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations and Bodø Graduate School of Business in Norway with a degree in Energy Management. In 2015, she completed the Kultburo Producers Lab and subsequently joined the Youth Centre of the Russian Filmmakers’ Union, where she organised pitching sessions for first-time filmmakers and other initiatives supporting emerging talent. In 2021, she participated in the EAVE Producers Workshop.
VEGA Film specialises in independent auteur cinema and television series, international co-productions and projects by emerging directors. Mikhaylova’s credits include Ivan I. Tverdovskiy’s Conference, which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival and won the Main Prize for Best Film at FilmFestival Cottbus. Maria Ignatenko’s In Deep Sleep was selected for the Berlinale Forum, while Yulia Trofimova’s The Land of Sasha premiered in the Berlinale Generation 14plus programme.
Her other production credits include Nearest and Dearest, It’s Not Forever, Another Name, Sasha, Hysteria, Liar, Firebird, We Should Make Movies About Love and Field of Miracles, as well as the series Instalife, Onlife and Contacts.
Ivan I. Tverdovskiy’s Hysteria won the Grand Prix at the Winter International Auteur Film Festival. Yulia Trofimova’s Liar received the Silver St. George for Best Film in the Russian Premieres competition at the Moscow International Film Festival.
Mikhaylova is committed to supporting independent auteur cinema, combining international production experience with an ongoing search for emerging talent and the development of projects capable of finding their audience. She teaches film production at the Moscow Film School.
Mikhaylova graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations and Bodø Graduate School of Business in Norway with a degree in Energy Management. In 2015, she completed the Kultburo Producers Lab and subsequently joined the Youth Centre of the Russian Filmmakers’ Union, where she organised pitching sessions for first-time filmmakers and other initiatives supporting emerging talent. In 2021, she participated in the EAVE Producers Workshop.
VEGA Film specialises in independent auteur cinema and television series, international co-productions and projects by emerging directors. Mikhaylova’s credits include Ivan I. Tverdovskiy’s Conference, which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival and won the Main Prize for Best Film at FilmFestival Cottbus. Maria Ignatenko’s In Deep Sleep was selected for the Berlinale Forum, while Yulia Trofimova’s The Land of Sasha premiered in the Berlinale Generation 14plus programme.
Her other production credits include Nearest and Dearest, It’s Not Forever, Another Name, Sasha, Hysteria, Liar, Firebird, We Should Make Movies About Love and Field of Miracles, as well as the series Instalife, Onlife and Contacts.
Ivan I. Tverdovskiy’s Hysteria won the Grand Prix at the Winter International Auteur Film Festival. Yulia Trofimova’s Liar received the Silver St. George for Best Film in the Russian Premieres competition at the Moscow International Film Festival.
Mikhaylova is committed to supporting independent auteur cinema, combining international production experience with an ongoing search for emerging talent and the development of projects capable of finding their audience. She teaches film production at the Moscow Film School.