Vadim Kostrov
Director · b. 1998 · Nizhny Tagil, Russia
Vadim Kostrov (born 17 August 1998; Nizniy Tagil, Russia) is a Russian filmmaker. In 2016 moved to Moscow. In 2017 studies in VGIK (Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography) on the faculty Dramaturgy. Shoots his first short documentary film. The "Silent Night" solely on iPhone. In 2018 leaves VGIK due to the pressure and censorship from masters. Makes his first feature documentary "Loft-Underground" — a VHS story of the Moscow art-underground culture through the prism of art Squats of 80-s 90-s and the present days. 2019 Vadim starts to work on his Ural series that include the doc-trilogy : "Narodnaya" (2019), "After Narodnaya" (2020), and "Comet" (2020). As well as his autobiographical works "Orpheus" (2019), "Summer" (2020), "Winter" (2021). Vadim's interests lie in the connection between fiction and documentary, exploration of memories and nostalgia , filmic relationship between camera — time, and camera — nature.
Movies3
MovieDramaErrol and Sasha, two young women in their twenties, drift through their lives and the city. A study by fragments of existences waiting to happen.
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2025
MovieDramaDocumentaryThe sea, the cliffs, the boats. A couple of Russian friends come to visit the filmmaker in exile in France. Glimpsed in the distance or invading the screen – the shimmer of the waves is everywhere.
MovieDramaThe movie was shot at the junction of documentary and fiction films. The film takes the viewer into the late Ural summer of 2019 and immerses us in the real life of today's youth, with all its uncertainty, fragility, pain, despair and aspirations.