About Anya Mednikova — cuprum
My name is Anya Mednikova. I’m a director and interdisciplinary artist, a graduate of Screen Arts at HSE University in Moscow.
My work explores subtle connections between people, states, and events. I combine video, dance, and movement to create a sensory, embodied approach to storytelling.
I focus on short-form projects such as music videos, narrative and documentary films, and gradually expand towards feature-length cinema and staged performance.
Alongside my film practice, I organize dance-music jams, improvisational environments that function as a live laboratory for interaction, presence, and new ideas.
In each work, I look for an unexpected point of view and pay close attention to atmosphere, nuance, and the details that shape emotional truth. I’m interested in stories that hold both intimacy and movement, and in forms that blur the line between fiction, performance, and lived experience.
I’m open to collaborations across commercial and independent projects, especially those that encourage experimentation, cross-disciplinary dialogue, and a strong visual or physical language.