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Russian Film Week: Screening and talk with Renata Litvinova
Early life
Litvinova was born in Moscow in 1967 (January 12) to Volga Tatar father Murat Aminovich Vergazov and an ethnic Russian mother, Alisa Mikhailovna Litvinova. Her parents were doctors by profession. They divorced when Renata was just one year old. She attended VGIK in 1984 and graduated in 1989. She attended the same year as fellow screenwriters and directors Roman Kachanov and Arkady Vysotsky. It is here where she worked on her first film as a screenwriter for the film The Much Loved rita. The Last Meeting with Her (1988).
Screenwriter
She began her film career as a screenwriter, writing films from 1988 to 1998. None of her earlier projects such as Truck Drivers 2 (1992) achieved any critical or commercial acclaim. She was discovered by fellow director Kira Muratova in 1994 after Muratova had come across Litvinova's thesis she had written for VGIK. Meeting one another at a local festival, Muratova changed her mind and instead wanted Litvinova to star in one of her films. Litvinova auditioned for the role of the female protagonist Violet but was deemed unsuitable. However, Muratova wanted her in the film and allowed her to write a role for herself. Litvinova wrote herself into the film as a nurse. She continued to write screenplays after her role, which included both Male Revelations (1995) and Principled and Compassionate View (1995). The latter film won the Jury prize at the "Window to Europe" Film festival and was showcased in a number of other festivals around the world such as Japan and Germany. She collaborated with Muratova again in 1997 and 1998, writing two screenplays that Muratova directed. Letanova's screenplay Three Stories was turned into a film in 1997, she also played the role of Opha in it. Her story To Own and Belong was adapted into the critically acclaimed crime film Country of the Deaf in 1998.
Actress
In 2000, she gained popularity after transitioning from a screenwriter to an actress, playing the role of Albino Crow in the show The Border She wrote screenplays for films sparingly after this role and starred in all of the films she wrote. Litvinova became acclaimed in the mid-2000s when she was nominated for her roles in Sky. Plane. Girl. (2002), The Tuner (2004) and I’m Not Hurt (2006).
Director
She made her directorial debut in 2000 with the documentary There is No Death For Me. The film focused on the experiences of Litvinova's favorite Soviet Era actresses and gave insight into her views on their stories. As with her screenwriting, she directed sparingly in between her acting roles, directing six films since 2000. She directed her first feature film in 2004, The Goddess, which she also wrote and starred in. In 2006, she directed her first short film, Rado. Litvinova made her first foray into concert films in 2008 when she directed the film Green Theatre in Zemfira. The film was created using footage from a concert of one of Litvinova's friends, musical artist Zemfira Ramazanova. The film won "music film of the year" from independent music award show "Steppenwolf". The two collaborated again in 2010 to create another Ramazanova concert film directed by Litvinova called Moscow. Crokus/Arrow. Finally, Ramazanova served as the composer on Litvinova's second full-length feature film Rita's Last FairyTale (2012), which deals with "universal themes of love, hate and search for love."
Voice Actress
She lent her voice to the film $8.50 (1999) to be used as a voiceover for the character Xenia who was played by Natalia Adreichenko. Her voice appeared in a number of other films in the 2000s including Frog's Paradise (2007) and Peregrine (2008).
Awards and Honours
Best Acting Debut at Kinotavr for her role in "Passions" (1994)
"Woman-style" Film Award for her role in "Passions" (1994)
Best Actress at Yekaterinburg film festival for her role in "Three Stories" (1997)
Best Supporting Actress at the International Film Festival "Baltic Pearl" in Riga, Jurmala, for her role "Three Stories" (1997)
Laurel branch for "There is no death for me" (2000)
State Prize of the Russian Federation for her role in "Border. Taiga Affair" (2001)
Best Actress at RKF "Literature and Cinema" in Gatchina for her role in "Heaven. Plane. Woman" (2003)
Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation (2003)
Best Actress for CF "Viva Cinema of Russia" in St. Petersburg for her role in "The Tuner" (2005)
Jury Special Mention at International Film Festival in Wiesbaden goEast for her role in "Goddess: How I Fell in Love" (2005)
Jury Special Mention at International Film Festival in Wiesbaden goEast for her role in "The Tuner" (2005)
Best Actress at Kinotavr for her role in "I'm not hurt" (2006)
National award of public recognition of the achievements of women "Olympia" of the Russian Academy of Business and Entrepreneurship (2007)
Pushkin Medal (2012)
Filmography
Actress
2021
The North Wind as
Margarita
2019
Na Parizh!
2018
Last Prince of Atlantis (voice)
2018
Angst as
Frau Doktor Oberhaupt
2017
Faberlic: Youth Elixir (Short)
2016
Rorrim Bo and the Magic Goblet as
Bergilda
2016
Kak Bolshie (Short)
2016
The Day of My Death (Short)
2016
Peterburg. Tolko po lyubvi as
Novella 'Sny Iosifa'
2015
Lestnitsa Rodchenko (Short) as
Renata
2015
About Love as
Lektor
2014
Gena Beton as
Chief Editor of Magazine
2014
Psevdonim dlya geroya
2013
Pedistal krasoty. Istoriya obuvi s Renatoy Litvinovoy (TV Mini Series)
2012
Eternal Homecoming
2012
The Girl and Death as
Nina
2012
Poslednyaya skazka Rity as
Tanya Neubivko
2012
Good Evening (TV Mini Series)
2011
Brillianty. Vorovstvo (Short) as
Woman with a Big Nose
2011
Heart's boomerang
2011
Generation P as
Alla
2010
The Golden Mean as
Alexandr's ex-wife
2009
Novye priklyucheniya Alyonushki i Eryomy as
Aunt Yefrosinya (voice)
2009
Veselchaki as
Eugenia Wife of Roza
2009
Otdamsya v khoroshie ruki
2009
Melodiya dlya sharmanki
2009
Prikazano unichtozhit! Operatsiya «Kitayskaya shkatulka» (TV Series) as
Sharlotta
2008
Priklyucheniya Alyonushki i Yeryomy as
Efrosinya (voice)
2007
Zhestokost as
Zoya
2007
Two in One as
Segment 2 - Alisa / Masha's friend
2006
Mne ne bolno as
Tata
2006
Zhest as
Naked man's wife
2005
Vocal Parallels
2005
Blind Man's Bluff as
Waitress, Secretary
2004
Boginya: kak ya polyubila as
Faina
2004
Diversant (TV Mini Series) as
Head of radio station
- Episode #1.4 (2004) - Head of radio station
- Episode #1.3 (2004) - Head of radio station
- Episode #1.2 (2004) - Head of radio station
- Episode #1.1 (2004) - Head of radio station
2004
Nastroyshchik as
Lina
2004
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish as
Constance
2002
Berlinskiy ekspress as
Agent
2002
Nebo. Samolyot. Devushka. as
Lara
2002
Aprel
2001
Gipnoz (Short)
2001
Tayozhnyy roman (TV Movie) as
Albina Voron - medsestra
2000
Pravo na vybor
2000
Granitsa. Tayozhnyy roman (TV Mini Series) as
Albina Voron - medsestra
- Begstvo (2000) - Albina Voron - medsestra
- Pozhar (2000) - Albina Voron - medsestra
- Gastroler (2000) - Albina Voron - medsestra
- Karty (2000) - Albina Voron - medsestra
- Soldaty (2000) - Albina Voron - medsestra
- Pogony (2000) - Albina Voron - medsestra
- Boloto (2000) - Albina Voron - medsestra
- Predchuvstvie (2000) - Albina Voron - medsestra
1999
8 ½ $ as
Kseniya (voice)
1997
Tri istorii as
Ofelia
1994
Passions
1989
Dve strely. Detektiv kamennogo veka
Writer
2021
The North Wind
2019
The Land of the deaf
2018
Angst (additional dialogue)
2017
Faberlic: Youth Elixir (Short)
2016
The Day of My Death (Short)
2016
Peterburg. Tolko po lyubvi
2012
Poslednyaya skazka Rity (screenplay)
2007
Two in One
2005
Vocal Parallels
2004
Boginya: kak ya polyubila
2002
Nebo. Samolyot. Devushka.
1998
Country of the Deaf (book "Obladat' i Prinadlezhat'")