Aliona Polunina was born in Russia in 1977. Before making documentaries she studied painting, and worked as a copy-editor at lifestyle and fashion magazines. In 2002 she won an educational grant and enrolled in the higher course for script writers and producers, in the non-fiction film department. She graduated from in directing and scriptwriting in Moscow in 2004.
Filmography (selected):
2004 Yes, Death
2006 Saint Place
2007 Festival (doc)
2007 Women Above
2008 The Revolution That Wasn’t
2013 Nepal forever
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