Eduard Novikov was born in Yakut Autonomous Republic in 1971. In 2001, he graduated from the department of directing at the St. Petersburg University of Cinema and Theatre. His graduation work God won several awards at students’ festivals. He is a director and cameraman at the Sakhafilm company. His filmography includes the documentaries Destiny is Destiny (2006), Sniper of the Russian Land (2008), Tanda (2013), Osuohai – The Dance of Life (2013), Linguist (2018) and the features Plisada (2005) and Messenger from Heaven (2014). The documentary Osuokhay Dance of Life won the Bronze Loon prize for Ethno Ecology at the International Ecological TV Festival in Khanty-Mansiysk in 2013.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
