Evgeny Granilshchikov is an artist and an independent film director. He studied literature and animation at The Rodchenko Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia. In 2013 he was awarded the Kandinsky Prize in the “Young Artists: Project of the Year” category for his film Positions. His films are about the influence of political and social situation on individuals who are trying to work out their historical heritage and the ways history exists alongside contemporary private experience.