About Red Shift | Festival Organizers

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Festival Organizers

Yuriy Gavrilenko – Festival Director, Board of Directors
Yuriy is a New York-based visual artist, filmmaker and provocateur. In the early 1990's he co-founded the "Album" publishing house - the publisher of "Who Is Who In Contemporary Moscow Art Scene". In 1997 he produced "New York Tusovka" - a documentary about Russian art activities in New York. Over the last two years, Yuriy has co-produced such films as "20 Cans of Chunky Beef Soup" - a documentary about a homeless Russian artist and "Friends My Ass", portraying the lives of seven young Russian professionals in New York City. He is currently working on an animation project on the legendary muse of Vladimir Mayakovsky, Lilia Brik.

Alina Bliumis - Director of Programming, Board of Directors - Alina is an artist and a filmmaker. In 2003 Alina and Jeff Bliumis started a project "Videolog" - a series of video shorts about legendary Russian personalities, intellectuals and artists. Videolog received rave reviews and was featured at a number of screenings including: Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow and EVA, Electronic Imaging and the Visual Arts Conference at The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Videolog is an on-going effort. Alina also directed a number of animation shorts among which is a "Recipe for Melody" that was featured at the 2002 Tampere International Film Festival and the MTV's "Mpeg_us" in 2003. Alina was credited for her post production work in "Radioman" (Gold Prize for Animation at Priz Leonardo, Italy and final selection Animar Animation Festival, Spain). Her animation credits include MTV's animated series "Headtrip", TNT's documentary "Faces of Evil! " and a number of TV commericals.

Katya Bochavar - Board of Directors - Ekaterina is a successful designer living in New York City who has a long track record of involvement in art- and design-related projects.This list includes the accessory line "Ekaterina Moroz", the "Zvon" boutique store and the interior design company "Fabrika". Some of her works were recently featured in the "Architectural Digest" magazine.

Marina Rubin - Press Manager - Marina Rubin is a journalist, an essayist and a poet. Her poetry had appeared in numerous literary magazines and she is the author of two poetry collections, Ode to Hotels and Once. She is a columnist for www.ycrop.com reviewing concerts, films and other venues in Russian New York. She is also a creative advisor and promoter for the Siberian-swing-salsa band Yoke.

Anna Ivanova - Advertising and Marketing - Anna has a degree from "Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation ", Moscow in Economics. She is currently completing her BSc, Majoring in Microcomputer Programming at the "GIT" in New York. Anna has professional experience dealing with multinational corporate clients through her previous position as a Corporate Accounts Manager for Actis Systems in Moscow, Russia. She has also worked for Apple Macintosh, while living in the U.A.E.

Isaac Mathes – Editorial Manager - Isaac Mathes makes films and videos that blur the lines between documentary and fiction that connect remote or disparate communities. A graduate of University of Texas with an MFA in Film Production, Issac had filmed his student projects in Moscow and St. Petersburg. His filmography includes award-winning works "Moscow Diary”, "The Navel”. He is a recipient of numerous grants and awards, including a Fulbright Grant to teach DV Production and Alternative Aesthetics courses at The All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) and the Institute for the Problems of Contemporary Art in Moscow. He had also taught 16mm, Beta and DV Production, Screenwriting, Media Writing, History of Cinema and Film Aesthetics courses at U.T., Pratt and NJ City University.

Dmitriy Romendik - Editorial Manager - I was born in the early seventies. Many times studied somewhere, but still ignoramus. Wrote screenplays, short stories, and Cobol-language programs. Some of my literary exercises were published in the third issue of the Art-party “Pravda” newspaper. The issue turned out to be the last one. That party was over. Has never been the member of The Party but joined Comsomol (Young Communist movement). Collected membership fees and kept most of them for myself. Comsomol was disbanded. I must have done my job. Served my Motherland well, though I still have no idea which one is mine. I was born in the Soviet Union. My Motherland expired. Used to live in Ukraine, yet barely know Ukrainian. Plus I’m a Jew who doesn’t know a word of Jewish tongues. Now I live in the United States. My English is as good as my Ukrainian. I socialize, speaking Russian with people of different ethnicities. Russians among them are few.

Dave Heasty - Design, Creative Direction - Dave is the Founder and Creative Director of the design consultancy, Triboro. The firm’s clients include Bigshot Magazine, Fairchild Publishing, Madison Square Garden, Original Sin, Universal and USA Networks. Dave has been hailed as one of the “Top 20 designers under age 30” by Print Magazine. In 2002 he was a judge for the Annual New York Art Directors Club Awards. His work has been featured in many publications including Communication Arts, Creative Review, D&AD, Design News, Graphis, Lucky, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal

Slava Solganik is versatile multimedia artist shown himself as talented video maker and photographer. He co-produced such videos as Friends My Ass and 20 Cans of Chunky Beef Soup.


Board of Advisors

Anne Borin
Sima Berezanskaya
Boris Frumin
Dmitri Klimentov
Bill Plimpton
Louis Menashe


Heartfelt Thanks

Oleg Abdrashidov, Mila Andre, Anthology Film Archives, Slava Borisov, Daniell Bessmert, Jeff Bliumis, Karma Gardner, Stepan Temir-Bulat, Olga Chemokhud, Marina Dlugy, DVDojo, Alec Chaldranian, Juliana Beliltseva, Stan Brooks, Igor Fert, Yevgeniy Fiks, Janosh Gat, Anton Ginzburg, Olga Gutman, Gromco Inc, Lara Hughley, Anna & Leonid Frants, Gennady Katsov, Alex Meillier, Irina Margolina, Ilya Merenzon, Marie Nesthus, Red Bull, Alla Reshetnikova, Andra Ursuta-Rozin, Alexandr Rubchenko, Radik Shwarts, Elena Sorokina, Viktor Smolniy, Vasily Strela, Oleg Sulkin, Charles Thompson and Nadia Vnukova.

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