Lyubov Mulmenko

Biography:

Lyubov Nikitichna Mulmenko (Russian: Любовь Никитична Мульменко; born 1 September, 1985; Perm) is a Russian screenwriter, filmmaker and playwright, journalist, editor. In 2014, two full-length films based on her scripts were presented at the Rotterdam Film Festival. The film "The Hope Factory" (directed by Natalia Meshchaninova) participated in the main competition, the film "Another Year" (dir. Oksana Bychkova) - in the Spectrum contest (and received the main prize "Big Screen Award"). Another scenario work of Mulmenko, the film "Name Me" (dir. Nigina Sayfullayeva), was first shown at the Kinotavr Festival (2014) and received a special mention by the jury with the wording "for easy breathing and the integrity of the artistic solution". These three films were shown at dozens of Russian and European festivals. In 2021, Mulmenko presented his directorial debut - the picture "Danube" - in the main competition of the 32nd Open Russian Film Festival "Kinotavr".