
Directing
Born January 10, 1970 · Moscow, USSR (Russia)
In her 20 years of filmmaking Aliona van der Horst (born in in Russia, raised in the Netherlands) has received multiple international awards for her films, which were screened at film festivals around the world. Because of her personal, poetic and cinematic vision, her films are profoundly compelling and touching. Her most recent film, Love is Potatoes, won a number of awards, including the Golden Calf Award (Dutch Oscar) in 2018. Her films revolve around the question of how ordinary people's lives are shaped by historical events. By zooming in to a very intimate level she tells a universal story full of compassion. Most of her work deals with Russia, a country with which she has a love/hate relationship. Retrospectives of her work were held in Barcelona, Kiev and Belgrade. She is a member of the Documentary branch of AMPAS.

Gerlach
2023

Turn Your Body to the Sun
2021

Love Is Potatoes
2017
Folkert de Jong
2015
15 Attempts
2013
Don't Shoot the Messenger
2013

Water Children
2011

Boris Ryzhy
2008

The Hermitage Dwellers
2006

Voices of Bam
2006
Unexpected Blow: Relieved
2004

After the Spring of '68
2000

The Dissident and the KGB General
1998

The Lady with the White Hat
1997