Yelena Trofimenko

Yelena Nicolaevna Trofimenko (born March 20, 1964) is a Belarusian film director, producer, screenwriter, author, actress and poet.

Biography Trofimenko was born on 20 March 1964 in Minsk, Belarus. In 1996, she became a director at the Belarusfilm studio. In 1998, her first full-length film Falling Upward, was released.

In 1996, Trofimenko became a member of the Belarusian Union of Cinematographers and, in 1998, a member of board of directors. She is a founder, originator and artistic director of the creative studio Youth Studio XXI (Belarusfilm, 2002). Festival of one film was created at this studio.

In 2012, Trofimenko created a collection of poems and reproductions, The Book.

Filmography Year Title Genre Role Prize and rewards 1986 Memory and Conscience Documentary Director, screenwriter 1989 Life Video-novel Director, screenwriter, actress 1991 Birds are Still Singing... Coursework Director, screenwriter Movie participated in Women's International Film and Arts festival, Germany, 1992 1992 Hell is... Coursework (adaptation of the play No Exit, sometime known as Behind closed doors by Jean-Paul Sartre Director, screenwriter 1993 The Judgment Final graduation work (by Franz Kafka) Director, screenwriter, actress The movie has participated in Youth Festival in Kiev, Ukraine, 1994. 1994 Rendezvous Final work, documentary, FEMIS Director 1995–1996 The Box Man Five authors' television programs, talk-show hostess Producer, director, presenter 1996 Help Documentary Director, producer, screenwriter 1997 Svetlana Documentary Director 1998 Falling Upward play movie director, producer, screenwriter Jury diploma – "For debut and artistic quest in genre of modern fairytale movie making"Prize of Belarusian foundation of culture development – "For ingenuity of director’s vision" in Minsk, Belarus, 1999Women’s International Film and Arts festival 1999; diploma – "For successful combination of a fantasy world with reality, for efficacious employment of computer graphics in movie making" – with regards to the author to continue this experiment XXIX Festival, Lagov, Poland, 1999Participated in the II All-Russia Festival of Visual Arts "Eaglet" in Tuapse, Russia, 1998Participated in the International Film Festival in Cottbus, Germany, 1998. 2000 Eclectic-show Mega-clip Director, screenwriter 2004 The fear Short Director "Golden Knight" prize in the category - shorties MCC "Golden Knight" (in the anthology "The territory of the resistance") 2005 Dreams of Eli Documentary Director of the filming reconstructions

Performances Year Title Role Note 1990 Testament Rodin Author, director, actress Student performance on Auguste Rodin 1991 The Good Soldier Švejk Author, director, actress Student performance on Jaroslav Hašek 1991 The Box Man Author, director, actress Student performance on Kōbō Abe 1992 Leaf Litter Author, director, actress Student performance on Vasily Rozanov 1992 Demons Author, director, actress Student performance on Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1993 Chairs Author, director, actress Diploma performance on Eugène Ionesco 2004 Reading Kharms Author, director Performance on D. Harms in student theater (ISEU. Sakharov) 2004 Bald Singer Author, director Performance of Eugène Ionesco in student theater (ISEU. Sakharov)Prize at the XI Festival of Francophone Theatre in Minsk, 2004 2005 Against AIDS Author, director Performance in student theater (ISEU. Sakharov) 2006 The Human Voice Author, director Performance in student theater (ISEU. Sakharov), written by Jean Cocteau