Anna Gudkova

For almost 20 years of work, Gudkova has made dozens of feature films and series that have been shown in Cannes, Berlin and other world film festivals and markets. In parallel with her producers’ career, Anna established an international educational program for emerging filmmakers in CIS-countries with significant partners (TFL, BFI, Pop Up Residency etc). In 2022 Gudkova spoke against war and left Russia, and became a Head of the educational department of the Alternativa Film Project. In 2023 she organized the first Impact lab in Central Asia (in cooperation with Think Film Impact company and Movies that matter film festival). Participants of her training programs in 2024 have already been selected for a number of programs at the Berlin Film Festival (Tool box, CoProduction market and Berlinale talents).