Andrey Silvestrov is a film and theater director, artist, and producer. His film works as director and producer include Volga-Volga (2006), Kandinsky Award for the Best Media Project of the Year; Brain (2010), Best Experimental Film Award of the Syracuse International Film Festival in New York; Birmingham Ornament (2011), Discovery Award of the Horizons Program at The Venice International Film Festival; and Birmingham Ornament 2 (2013), Special Prize of the Rome Film Festival. Special and retrospective screenings of Andrey Silvestrov’s films took place at TATE Modern (London, UK), Ludwig Museum (Cologne, Germany), Institute of Contemporary Arts (London, UK), and Pompidou Centre (Paris, France). As an artist he has taken part in contemporary art biennials in Bergen, Kiev, Odessa, and Istanbul as well as other exhibitions. He lives and works in Moscow.