Yuri Semashko

Directing

Yuri Semashko

Born

1993-01-17 (33)

Place of birth

Minsk, Belarus

Known for

Directing

Credits

21 titles

Yuri Semashko is a self-taught director/screenwriter from Minsk (Belarus). In 2023, his short film "Garbage Head" was selected for the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. The world premiere of his first feature film "The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov" took place at the Berlinale 2025. The film won the "Tagesspiegel" Readers' Jury Award.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov poster
7.0

Amid rumors of the impending outbreak of World War III, 25-year-old musician Fedor Ozerov becomes obsessed with searching for his favorite sweater with daisies. He believes that this sweater gives him magical songwriting powers.

The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov

2025

The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov poster
7.0

Amid rumors of the impending outbreak of World War III, 25-year-old musician Fedor Ozerov becomes obsessed with searching for his favorite sweater with daisies. He believes that this sweater gives him magical songwriting powers.

The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov

2025

Blood and Karaoke poster
NR

A timid supermarket security guard gets into a fatal confrontation with a very confident criminal element.

Blood and Karaoke

2023

Blood and Karaoke poster
NR

A timid supermarket security guard gets into a fatal confrontation with a very confident criminal element.

Blood and Karaoke

2023

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NR

Sur-fantasy action-comedy about a girl and her pain.

The BoDy

2019

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NR

Sur-fantasy action-comedy about a girl and her pain.

The BoDy

2019

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NR

A film about a young poet with a specific view of the world around him.

The Prisoner of Dirt

2019

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NR

A film about a young poet with a specific view of the world around him.

The Prisoner of Dirt

2019

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NR

The sad story of one sofa.

It Won't Hurt

2017

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NR

The sad story of one sofa.

It Won't Hurt

2017

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NR

Three stories about the future.

Ультракороткие истории

2020

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NR

Three stories about the future.

Ультракороткие истории

2020

When I Was General poster
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The incredible adventures of the General, who, on the orders of the Queen, went to distant lands to find a mysterious bird, the last hope of a dying kingdom.

When I Was General

2021

When I Was General poster
NR

The incredible adventures of the General, who, on the orders of the Queen, went to distant lands to find a mysterious bird, the last hope of a dying kingdom.

When I Was General

2021

Garbage Head poster
NR

Yura is a shy garbageman and an aspiring filmmaker. Prokhor is his faithful dog and only friend. One day Yura finds a fake head among the garbage and decides to take it home. That night the head comes to life and offers to grant Yura any wish he may have.

Garbage Head

2023

Garbage Head poster
NR

Yura is a shy garbageman and an aspiring filmmaker. Prokhor is his faithful dog and only friend. One day Yura finds a fake head among the garbage and decides to take it home. That night the head comes to life and offers to grant Yura any wish he may have.

Garbage Head

2023