Zane Oborenko

Zane Oborenko is an animated film director and artist from Riga, Latvia, who works mainly in frame-by-frame sand animation. She studied painting at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan and completed an MA in animation at the Estonian Academy of Arts under Priit and Olga Pärn; her sand-animated diploma film IMG_00:01.JPG received the Best Student Film award at the Fredrikstad Animation Festival. She has created numerous animations for exhibitions and music events, including the heavy metal opera "Kurbads. Son of the Mare" and the historical exhibition "The KGB Building – The Corner House" in Riga. Her short Kafka. In Love won the Best Short Film Project Award at the CEE Animation Forum 2019 and later the Best Film award at the Beijing International Short Film Festival.