Renata Dzhalo

Russia

Filmmaker. Born in St. Petersburg. Graduated from VGIK in 2021 (workshop of Aleksey Uchitel and Aleksey Geleyn). The world premiere of her feature-length documentary debut, Lenechka, took place at the 2023 Message to Man Festival, where it received a Special Jury Diploma and the Ilim Group Award. Her first fiction feature, On This Land (2024), earned a Special Jury Mention and the Best Cinematography Award at the Mayak Festival of Contemporary Russian Cinema. The film premiered internationally in the Bright Future section at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.