Directing

Pavel Timofeev

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Directing

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8 titles

Director and screenwriter. Born in 1991 in Moscow. After studying at RUDN, he graduated in 2018 from the High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors (workshop of Vladimir Menshov). His short films have been recognized at domestic and international festivals, including Gorkyfest, Moscow Shorts, and New York Movie Awards. He also directs TV series and commercials. In 2025, his feature debut Swings was released in Russia.

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Film credits

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Behind the camera

Seesaw poster
NR

On the eve of Women's Day, wives receive an SMS with a ransom amount for their husbands, who have gone away to vigorously celebrate their friendship. Having gone through all the events of last night in the lives of their faithful, the wives learn that the guys are in the hands of a crime boss and they are in mortal danger.

Seesaw

2025

No artwork available
NR

Sasha is a typical loser. He drinks, works as a security guard in a store, and his wife cuckolds him. One day, his dead mother appears to him and asks him to buy a plot of land from his hated neighbor, grandmother Nyura, who will soon die. Subsequently, Nyura really dies, but everything turns out to be not so simple.

Mother

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Not Karenina poster
NR

Nastya lands her first major role in a Moscow theatre, where she’s hailed as a rising star. Yet, behind the scenes, she struggles, living in a dorm, friendless, and at times unable to afford food. As she pours herself into her role, she has little time to visit her dying father. Nastya must confront a difficult question: is her dream of the theatre worth sacrificing her personal life?

Not Karenina

2025

Not Karenina poster
NR

Nastya lands her first major role in a Moscow theatre, where she’s hailed as a rising star. Yet, behind the scenes, she struggles, living in a dorm, friendless, and at times unable to afford food. As she pours herself into her role, she has little time to visit her dying father. Nastya must confront a difficult question: is her dream of the theatre worth sacrificing her personal life?

Not Karenina

2025

Not Karenina poster
NR

Nastya lands her first major role in a Moscow theatre, where she’s hailed as a rising star. Yet, behind the scenes, she struggles, living in a dorm, friendless, and at times unable to afford food. As she pours herself into her role, she has little time to visit her dying father. Nastya must confront a difficult question: is her dream of the theatre worth sacrificing her personal life?

Not Karenina

2025

No artwork available
NR

Unfortunately, we begin to understand our parents too late.

Dad, hockey

2018