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Kseniya Yorsh

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Kseniya Yorsh
Born
Oksana Kseniya Yorsh

EducationNew York Film Academy, UCLA Extension
Alma materBelarusian State University
OccupationProducer
Years active2013–present

Kseniya Yorsh (born February 10, 1990, in Minsk, Belarus) is a Belarusian[1] film producer who resides in Los Angeles.

Education

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Yorsh obtained her degree in International Relations at the Belarusian State University in Minsk, Belarus. She later went to receive a 1-Year Conservatory certificate in Documentary Filmmaking from the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles, CA, and a Business and Management of Entertainment certificate from UCLA Extension in Los Angeles, CA.[2]

Films

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Kseniya's first documentary Mask-Up talked about perception of female beauty by men and women.[3]

She then went on to produce a live-action short film What's Next? that received nominations at a variety of festivals around the world, such as Miami Independent Film Festival,[4] Roma Cinema DOC,[5] Brocken Knuckle Film Festival,[6] as well as winning InterShort Online Film Awards in September 2015.[7]

A documentary Yorsh produced later that year, Poly, was showcased at Cannes Short Film Corner in 2016[8] and received distribution in Spain with Feelmakers[9] and US with Play Festival Films.

In 2016 she did an array of films, starting with Unorthodox that was nominated for the Audience Award[10] at the HollyShorts Film Festival and was well-reviewed afterwards.[11]

A short film Visitors was nominated for Best Sci-Fi Short at the New York City International Film Festival, Vail Film Festival,[12] and Newport Beach Film Festival.[13] The film was well received in the review by Tinsel Town News Now.[14]

Yorsh also directed and produced the short documentary Love in Porn - an insider's look into the romantic lives of those who have succeeded in the adult film industry.[15] The film screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016[16] and received distribution in Spain with Feelmakers,[17] in the US with Play Festival Films and in France with Gonella. The bloggers spoke highly of the sex-positive way in which the film depicts the workers of the sex industry.[18]

In 2017 another short film she produced, Stand By Her, is going to Cannes as well.[19]

Kseniya Yorsh's latest collaboration is with a Panamanian director Eric Iglesias for whom she is producing a feature film about one girl's choice and test of her moral values.[20]

References

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  1. ^ "Kseniya Yorsh". IMDb.
  2. ^ "Kseniya Yorsh on Careers After Graduation for International Students". Nyfa.edu. 13 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Exploring Beauty". Bvsreviews.com.
  4. ^ "OFFICIAL SELECTIONS – MINDIE AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2015 – MIAMI INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL". Miamindiefest.com.
  5. ^ "August 2015 selection - Roma Cinema Doc". 22 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Broken Knuckle Film Festival". Brokenknucklefilmfest.com. Archived from the original on 2018-01-08. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  7. ^ "InterShort Online Film Awards". Iofilmawards.wixsite.com.
  8. ^ "Cannes Short Film Corner - Poly Love". Wearemovingstories.com.
  9. ^ "FEELMAKERS.COM - New ways of viewing". Feelmakers.com.
  10. ^ "Unorthodox". IMDb.com.
  11. ^ "Aaron's Life Dilemma". Bvsreviews.com.
  12. ^ "2017 Student Films". Vail Film Festival.
  13. ^ "Visitors - The Newport Beach Film Festival". Newportbeachfilmfestival.com.
  14. ^ "Film Producer Kseniya Yorsh's Creative, Kinetic Approach to Movie Making". Tinseltownnewsnow.net. 27 April 2017.
  15. ^ "Cannes Short Film Corner 16: Love In Porn". Wearemovingstories.com.
  16. ^ "'Love In Porn' Documentary To Be Screened At Cannes Film Fest - AVN". AVN.
  17. ^ "FEELMAKERS.COM - New ways of viewing". Feelmakers.com.
  18. ^ "Documentary Review: Love in Porn by Kseniya Yorsh". Cjasher.wordpress.com. 8 July 2016.
  19. ^ "Filmmaker and Actress Ina Rose Farestad to Screen Her Debut 'Stand by Her' at Festival De Cannes Short Film Corner in May 2017". Newswire.com.
  20. ^ "Belarusian producer and Panamanian director make a film in Hollywood – ABNewswire – Press Release Distribution Service – Paid Press Release Distribution Newswire". Abnewswire.com.