Director,
Writer,
Actress
Born in 1981 
 
 
Mariya SHALAYEVA
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Мария ШАЛАЕВА
Maria CHALAEVA
Filmography (extracts)
 
Director
2022 - Life Syndrome (Синдром жизни) [fiction, 75 mn]
2018 - Divorce (Развод) [fiction, 17 mn]
 
Writer
2022 - Life Syndrome (Синдром жизни) from Mariya SHALAYEVA [fiction, 75 mn]
 
Actress
2022 - Clip Makers (Клипмейкеры) from Grigori KONSTANTINOPOLSKY [fiction, 100 mn]
2020 - Anybody seen my girl ? (Кто-нибудь видел мою девчонку ?) from Angelina NIKONOVA [fiction, 100 mn]
2019 - The Thunderstorm (Гроза) from Grigori KONSTANTINOPOLSKY [fiction, 97 mn]
2019 - The Mistresses (Любовницы) from Yelena KHAZANOVA / HAZANOVA [fiction, 97 mn]
2018 - Divorce (Развод) from Mariya SHALAYEVA [fiction, 17 mn]
2017 - Blockbuster (Блокбастер) from Roman VOLOBUYEV [fiction, 100 mn]
2017 - Sadko (Садко) from Vitali MUKHAMETZIANOV , Maksim VOLKOV [animation, 81 mn]
2016 - Spring, come! (Весна, приходи !) from Yelizaveta KLEYNOT , Daria RAZUMNIKOVA [fiction, short film]
2015 - No borders (Без границ) from Rezo GIGINISHVILY , Karen OGANESYAN , Roman PRYGUNOV [fiction, 90 mn]
2012 - I’ll Be Around / I'll Be Nearby (Я буду рядом) from Pavel RUMINOV [fiction, 93 mn]
2009 - I Am (Я) from Igor VOLOSHIN [fiction, 88 mn]
2009 - The Narrow Gates (Тесные врата) from Sergey TKACHOV [fiction, 78 mn]
2009 - Bride at Any Price (Невеста любой ценой) from Dmitry GRACHEV [fiction, 100 mn]
2008 - Nirvana (Нирвана) from Igor VOLOSHIN [fiction, 89 mn]
2008 - Bulvar (Бульвар) from Alisa KHMELNITSKAYA [fiction, 7 mn]
2007 - Mermaid (Русалка) from Anna MELIKIAN [fiction, 112 mn]
2004 - Masha (Маша) from Sergey TKACHOV [fiction, 87 mn]
2002 - Umnyak - Одиссея 1989 (Умняк / Одиссея 1989) from Ilya KHOTINENKO [fiction, 69 mn]
2002 - Per-r-r-vokursnitsa (Пер-р-р-вокурсница) from Yuri ROGOZIN [fiction, 81 mn]
2000 - Heavy Work of Old Fates (Тяжелая работа старых мойр) from Piotr BUSLOV [fiction, 16 mn]
 
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Awards :
I’ll Be Around / I'll Be Nearby :
Best actress, Cinema and Theater Festival ''Autumn of Love'', Blagoveshchensk (Russia), 2012
Best actress, International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2012
Best actress, Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2012
Mermaid :
Best actress, Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2007
Best actress, "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2007

Biography
Born March 15, 1981, she graduated from the acting faculty of VGIK (Moscow National Film Institute)

In 2022, Mariya Chalaeva left Russia and came to settle in France. (Source: Sofilm#96, page 75)
 

Commentaries and bibliography
- De Paris à Los Angeles en passant par Istanbul, le cinéma russe face à l'exil , Joël CHAPRON, Francois BECKER, 2023, france24.com, AFP
- From Paris to Los Angeles via Istanbul, Russian cinema facing exile 2023, Teller Report, AFP