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She was born in 1986 in Kursk, Russia. Since 2004, she has studied audiovisual production at the Moscow University of Arts and Culture, focusing on documentary production and photography. In 2010, she moved to the Czech Republic and began studying at the Miroslav Ondříček Film Academy in Písek, initially majoring in documentary production, but after the first year, she switched to the animation studio. During her studies, she concentrated on cartoon, 2D, and multiplane animation. At the same time, she worked as a graphic artist and draftsman. She defended her bachelor’s degree with the short film Toro!, based on Pablo Picasso’s line drawings illustrating bullfights. As an animator, she participated in several films, applying her experience with multiplane techniques, including The Crossing (dir. Florence Miailhe, oil painting, 2018).