Maria Saitova

Maria Saitova is a Russian film director and screenwriter. She studied in Mikhail Popov's poetry seminar at the Gorky Literary Institute (2016–2017) and at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Russian State University for the Humanities (2018–2019), and then trained in fiction film directing at VGIK in Menshov's workshop. Her works include the documentary short Video Call (2020) and the short films I Was Born (2022), which screened at the VGIK festival, Kinoproba, St. Anna and the New York City Independent Film Festival, and Houseplant (2023).