Kirill Serebrennikov
Origin: Russia
Born in Rostov-on-Don in Russia in 1969, KIRILL SEREBRENNIKOV turned to theatre in 1992 after studying science at university. Winner of several awards for his work in television, he has also directed feature films. _Playing the Victim_ (2006) won him the Grand Prize at the 1st Rome Film Festival in 2006. His success was followed by _Yuri’s Day_ (2008), which won awards both at home and in the international arena. Since 2012, he has been the artistic director of the Gogol Center in Moscow, and described as one of Russia’s leading theatre directors. His daring, impertinent theatre shows a great freedom and spirit of resistance. _Outside_ is his third creation for the Festival d’Avignon, after _The Idiots_ and _Dead Souls_. _Tchaikovsky’s Wife _marks the fourth time in a row for Serebrennikov at the Cannes Film Festival, after the virtuoso delirium _Petrov’s Flu_ (2021) and the rock ‘n’ roll biopic _Leto_ (2018) also presented in competition, and the globally acclaimed thought-provoking religious drama _The Student_ (2016) screened at Un Certain Regard.