Aleksey Lapin

* 1988, Russia

Aleksey Lapin was born in 1988 in Tomsk (USSR). He spent his childhood in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Italy. In 2010, he graduated from the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano with a Bachelor of Arts. He then began studying film directing in Michael Haneke’s master class at the Film Academy Vienna, where he completed a Master of Arts. He directed several short films that were screened and awarded at numerous international film festivals. In 2021, his first documentary film, Krai, premiered at the Viennale. In 2023, together with Claudia Joldes he co-founded the Vienna-based production company JOL Filmproduktion, with which he produced his feature film Ikonov. 

Films:
Krai (2021)

100 EUR (25 Minuten, AT 2018)
Auf Wiedersehen Schönbrunn (17 Minuten,  AT 2016)
A New Tractor Is Coming To Town, The Working Class Takes A Break (5 Minuten, AT 2013)