ALIAKSEI PALUYAN screenwriter·director

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Aliaksei Paluyan, a film director and screenwriter, was born on 18th of October, 1989 in Baranovichi in the Republic of Belarus. He graduated from the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics. In 2012 he moved to Germany and studied at the Art Academy Kassel in the field Visual Communication specializing in Film and Television by Prof. Yana Drouz. He has become known to audiences as a director of fiction short films and documentaries that have been presented at festivals worldwide. With his unique artistic signature, Aliaksei Paluyan has achieved to transform highly personal stories from his homeland into themes of universal meaning and relevance. In 2019, his short fiction drama LAKE OF HAPPINESS, a german-belarusian-spainish co-production, premiered in Clermont-Ferrand, won a numerous awards at international festivals, was a candidate for European Short Film at the 33rd European Film Awards in 2020 and longlisted for the Oscars 2021. Aliaksei‘s documentary film debut COURAGE had its world premiere at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival and was screened at major documentary film festivals as IDFA, Visions du Réel, CPH:DOX, HotDocs, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Krakow IFF and also longlisted for the Oscars 2022.
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Aliaksei Paluyan, a film director and screenwriter, was born on 18th of October, 1989 in Baranovichi in the Republic of Belarus. He graduated from the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics. In 2012 he moved to Germany and studied at the Art Academy Kassel in the field Visual Communication specializing in Film and Television by Prof. Yana Drouz. He has become known to audiences as a director of fiction short films and documentaries that have been presented at festivals worldwide. With his unique artistic signature, Aliaksei Paluyan has achieved to transform highly personal stories from his homeland into themes of universal meaning and relevance. In 2019, his short fiction drama LAKE OF HAPPINESS, a german-belarusian-spainish co-production, premiered in Clermont-Ferrand, won a numerous awards at international festivals, was a candidate for European Short Film at the 33rd European Film Awards in 2020 and longlisted for the Oscars 2021. Aliaksei‘s documentary film debut COURAGE had its world premiere at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival and was screened at major documentary film festivals as IDFA, Visions du Réel, CPH:DOX, HotDocs, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Krakow IFF and also longlisted for the Oscars 2022. ALIAKSEI PALUYAN screenwriter·director © Aliaksei Paluyan
Aliaksei Paluyan, a film director and screenwriter, was born on 18th of October, 1989 in Baranovichi in the Republic of Belarus. He graduated from the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics. In 2012 he moved to Germany and studied at the Art Academy Kassel in the field Visual Communication specializing in Film and Television by Prof. Yana Drouz. He has become known to audiences as a director of fiction short films and documentaries that have been presented at festivals worldwide. With his unique artistic signature, Aliaksei Paluyan has achieved to transform highly personal stories from his homeland into themes of universal meaning and relevance. In 2019, his short fiction drama LAKE OF HAPPINESS, a german-belarusian-spainish co-production, premiered in Clermont-Ferrand, won a numerous awards at international festivals, was a candidate for European Short Film at the 33rd European Film Awards in 2020 and longlisted for the Oscars 2021. Aliaksei‘s documentary film debut COURAGE had its world premiere at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival and was screened at major documentary film festivals as IDFA, Visions du Réel, CPH:DOX, HotDocs, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Krakow IFF and also longlisted for the Oscars 2022.
Aliaksei Paluyan, a film director and screenwriter, was born on 18th of October, 1989 in Baranovichi in the Republic of Belarus. He graduated from the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics. In 2012 he moved to Germany and studied at the Art Academy Kassel in the field Visual Communication specializing in Film and Television by Prof. Yana Drouz. He has become known to audiences as a director of fiction short films and documentaries that have been presented at festivals worldwide. With his unique artistic signature, Aliaksei Paluyan has achieved to transform highly personal stories from his homeland into themes of universal meaning and relevance. In 2019, his short fiction drama LAKE OF HAPPINESS, a german-belarusian-spainish co-production, premiered in Clermont-Ferrand, won a numerous awards at international festivals, was a candidate for European Short Film at the 33rd European Film Awards in 2020 and longlisted for the Oscars 2021. Aliaksei‘s documentary film debut COURAGE had its world premiere at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival and was screened at major documentary film festivals as IDFA, Visions du Réel, CPH:DOX, HotDocs, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Krakow IFF and also longlisted for the Oscars 2022.
ALIAKSEI PALUYAN screenwriter·director © Aliaksei Paluyan
ALIAKSEI PALUYAN screenwriter·director © Aliaksei Paluyan
Aliaksei Paluyan, a film director and screenwriter, was born on 18th of October, 1989 in Baranovichi in the Republic of Belarus. He graduated from the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics. In 2012 he moved to Germany and studied at the Art Academy Kassel in the field Visual Communication specializing in Film and Television by Prof. Yana Drouz. He has become known to audiences as a director of fiction short films and documentaries that have been presented at festivals worldwide. With his unique artistic signature, Aliaksei Paluyan has achieved to transform highly personal stories from his homeland into themes of universal meaning and relevance. In 2019, his short fiction drama LAKE OF HAPPINESS, a german-belarusian-spainish co-production, premiered in Clermont-Ferrand, won a numerous awards at international festivals, was a candidate for European Short Film at the 33rd European Film Awards in 2020 and longlisted for the Oscars 2021. Aliaksei‘s documentary film debut COURAGE had its world premiere at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival and was screened at major documentary film festivals as IDFA, Visions du Réel, CPH:DOX, HotDocs, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Krakow IFF and also longlisted for the Oscars 2022.