Sergei Strusovksy is head of the production department at Soyuzmultfilm and an experienced producer and director. He is a member of the Cinematographers Union and the Directors Guild of Russia. While earning his degree at the Communications Institute of Odessa, Sergei directed the popular student program “20 Video Minutes.” In 2001, Sergei graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) with a major in feature film directing. Since 2011, he has worked at Soyuzmultfilm studios. Sergei is the writer and director of the documentary When Despair Comes (2001), co-author of the feature The Blessed (2007), and director and screenwriter of the animated films Bluebell (2008) and What a Wedding! (2011). In 2014, his stop-motion film Picky Mouse won “Best Children’s Film” at the SICAF Animated Film Festival in South Korea. A laureate of many Russian and international film festivals in a variety of genres, Sergei was voted Best Producer in 2008 at the International Film Market in Kiev.
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.
