Berlin Fellowship 2024 — Film and Media Arts
Marusya Syroechkovskaya
*1989 in Moscowu (RUS)
Lives in Moscow
Vita
Marusya Syroechkovskaya is an award-winning filmmaker and visual artist. She studied at the School for Documentary Film under Marina Razbezhkina. She received her MA in film direction at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Moscow, graduating with honours. Her first feature-length film, How to Save a Dead Friend, was screened at over 60 film festivals and received more than 25 awards. The film was shortlisted as the best documentary by the European Film Awards in 2022 and qualified for the 2023 Academy Awards. Syroechkovskaya is a member of the European Film Academy.
Residency
I strive to make both political and mental art personal. My working process is to put different mediums, images, sounds, and elements into a bottle, to shake it, and to document the explosion. I welcome mistakes; I think of mistakes as an art form. I’m a fan of observational documentaries, though I tend to incorporate more experimental approaches when I work. During my residency, I would like to develop a documentary/hybrid project exploring the search for a human connection and friendship against the backdrop of a silent apocalypse.