About
the Director

Matvey Krivolapov is a film director with 8 years of experience from Siberia, now working in Berlin. His films sit between narrative and experiment — Tohu Wa-Bohu, made with the Japanese band Anoice, traveled from a quiet kid's bedroom in Tomsk to festival screens across Europe. Alla Marèa was honored in Italy.

Together, he works in fashion and music, where he is drawn to artists who treat their form the way he treats his, as something still worth breaking. As the main artistic method, he refers to his childhood, memory, and the expanses of the subconscious.

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Awards & Selection
  • Shortlist — Dream Pitch
    Young Director Awards
    June 2026
  • Audience Catalyst — Rising Stars Award
    I Don't Eat Fish
    2025
  • Honorable Mention
    Alla Marèa — 24 Frame Al Secondo, Rome
    2025
  • Official Selection
    Roadkill — Fashionclash Film Festival
    2025
  • Best Experimental Film
    Tohu Wa-Bohu — Rome Prisma Film Awards
    2024
  • Best Experimental Film
    Tohu Wa-Bohu — Golden Earth Film Award, Dallas
    2024
  • Best Experimental Short
    Tohu Wa-Bohu — Robinson Film Awards
    2024
  • Short Live Action Narratives
    Tohu Wa-Bohu — Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival
    2024
  • Experimental & Young Filmmaker
    Tohu Wa-Bohu — Accolade Global Film Competition
    2024
  • Official Selection
    −25 — DMFF
    2023
  • Best Short Film — The Bronze Knight
    Ab Ovo
    2020