Oksana Bychkova


Oksana Olegovna Bychkova is a Russian film director and screenwriter.

Early life and education

Oksana Bychkova was born in Donetsk, but grew up on Sakhalin. After finishing school, she entered the Department of Journalism at Rostov State University, graduating in 1995.

Career

She worked as a radio journalist. In 2000, having moved to Moscow, Bychkova entered the Advanced Directing Courses. Her first feature film was her own script, Piter FM, which won a prize at the Vyborg Film Festival Window to Europe.
In 2008, Bychkova’s second film Plus One was released. It won the award for Best Actor at the Kinotavr film festival and the Grand Golden Rook prize at the Vyborg Film Festival. Also in 2008, she directed one of the four shorts in the anthology Because It’s Me.
Her fourth film Another Year won the main award, the Big Screen Award, at the second-tier competition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.

Public stance

In March 2014, she signed the We Are With You! letter of the Russian Film Union in support of Ukraine.
In February 2022, she signed the open letter of the Russian Film Union against the military invasion of Ukraine.

Filmography

Director

  • 2006 — Piter FM
  • 2008 — Plus One
  • 2008 — Recording
  • 2009 — Churchill
  • 2011 — Revelations
  • 2011 — Zhanna
  • 2014 — Another Year
  • 2014 — Defense
  • 2016 — St. Petersburg. Only for Love
  • 2016 — Dad’s Ship
  • 2018 — Badger.
  • 2020 — What Slava Wants?
  • 2022 — ''Dzhondjoli''

Screenwriter

  • 2006 — Peter FM
  • 2008 — Plus One
  • 2008 — Recording
  • 2014 — Defense
  • 2016 — ''St. Petersburg. Only for Love''

Awards and recognition