Director,
Writer,
Cinematographer,
Producer

Born in Russia

 

 

Anastasia TROFIMOVA

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Анастасия ТРОФИМОВА

Anastassia TROFIMOVA

Biography

Anastasia Trofimova is a Russian-Canadian documentary director, producer and cinematographer. She is most known for her work in Iraq, Syria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, with films like "Her War: Women vs. ISIS", "Victims of ISIS", "The Road to Raqqa", "Congo, My Precious" and others. Her films address conflict, social inequality and injustice. Anastasia was born in Moscow, Russia. She earned her Bachelors degree from the University of Toronto (in Communication, Culture and Information Technology) and her Masters from the University of Amsterdam (in International Relations).
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Commentaries

- Russians at War : Un portrait honnête des gens à l'intérieur de l'armée russe 2025, WSWS

- Russians at War team on 'shocking' backlash to film and direct-to-audience release Alex Nino GHECIU, 2025, The Canadian Press

- Russians at War, les trouffions de Poutine Hugo PREVOST, 2024, pieuvre.ca

- “Propagande russe”, projection “honteuse”: colère en Ukraine après la présentation à Venise du film Russians at war 2024, 7sur7.be

- Cinéma: le Festival de Toronto ne diffusera pas un film sur la guerre en Ukraine en raison de menaces Pascale GUERICOLAS, 2024, rfi.fr

- Des responsables ukrainiens demandent au TIFF [Festival de Toronto] de retirer un film sur l’invasion russe 2024, ici.radio-canada.ca

- Malgré la polémique, le documentaire Russians at War est maintenu au Festival du film de Zurich 2024, ledevoir.com

Born in Moscow, Russia.
Directed 6 feature-length and 8 short documentaries to date.
Filmed in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, Guinea, Serbia, Bosnia, Canada, US, UK, the Netherlands, Russia and other countries.
Started out by taking on all available jobs: editor, translator, sound person, cinematographer, producer and, finally, director. Thanks to that varied experience, I feel at home with all aspects of production and post-production.
B.A. (Hon) in Communications/Political Science from the University of Toronto/Sheridan College and Ms.C. in International Relations from the University of Amsterdam.
Winner of the Canada Screen Award for “Best Research” for HBO’s “Tales from the Organ Trade”. Five-time returning judge for the News and Documentary Emmy Awards.
Speak fluent English, Russian and intermediate Arabic.
Anastasia Trofimova