Evgeniya Rudyuk was born on December 25, 1992 in Birobidzhan, Jewish Autonomous Region (Russia). Her first artistic text in her childhood was dedicated to her hometown, the place of forced resettlement of Soviet Jews by Stalin in the 1930s. Perhaps, therefore and because of her home country history she is inclined to address to national topics and consider oppressive political and governmental authoritarian systems in her artworks.

After his first education (2016), she holds a degree of maritime radio engineer. From 2021 to 2023, she studied at the All-Russian State University of Cinematography named after S.A. Gerasimov in the dramaturgy workshop of the winner of the Cannes prize for the script for the film "Moloch" - Yuri Arabov (master's degree). The debut full-length script "Olesya's home" is dedicated to the social provocative problem of adopted orphaned children which had been returned to orphanages. It is obtained financial support of the Ministry of Russian Culture. This plot is inspired by her own family's history.

In 2024, she completed the course "Development Producer" at the Moscow Film School, where she developed the psychological thriller project of the TV Series "Psychodrama", exploring the topic of personal guilt which can destroy a man. While educating, she was the recipient of prestigious educational grants from the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and Mars Media Entertainment.

From 2023 to 2024, she was a trainee teacher at the Department of Film Drama at the VGIK university, Moscow and a development producer at Mars Media Entertainment (distant and hybrid work format). Evgeniya Rudyuk's teaching course is dedicated to biblical plot motifs and their development in modern film scripts.

She has about a dozen short films in her filmography. Winner and finalist of many Russian screenwriting competitions, pitching and film festivals ("Saint Anna", "VGIK International Film Festival", "Multpitching" and so on). Her work often deals with themes of power, national and ethnic conflict, sacrifice, guilt and actual social sensitive issues.

From 2024 she lives in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and works as an independent artist for cinema and theatre. Currently she is working on European indie cinema projects as a screenwriter and on theatrical performances as a director.
ARTISTIC EDUCATION

Theatrical Studio "VINCI" / Documental Theatre Writer's Laboratory "Autoethnodrama", online/ 2025, July - October/ https://www.facebook.com/vincihall/
Theatrical Studio "VINCI" / Theatre Director's Laboratory "Antiquity", hybrid, Saint Petersburg, Russia/ 2025, June - September/ https://www.facebook.com/vincihall/
URST/ Intensive Film Development Course, online/ 2025, February-April/ www.urst.fund
All-Russian State University of Cinematography named after S.A. Gerasimov, Russia/ Dramaturgy Teacher/ 2023-2025/ www.vgik.info
Moscow Film School, Russia/ Showrunner (Development Producer) Program/ 2023-2024/ www.moscowfilmschool.ru
All-Russian State University of Cinematography named after S.A. Gerasimov, Russia/ Master of Dramaturgy/ 2021-2023/ www.vgik.info
FILMOGRAPHY

"Olesya’s home", dir. by Yuliana Grimuta/ dramedy, 120 min., feature fiction/ TBF 2026-2027, Russia (preproduction)
"Symphony of the Fear", prod. by Daria Kim/ pshy-horror, 18 min., fiction /TBF 2025-2026, Russia (preproduction)
"At the edge", dir. by Maria Ivanova/ absurd comedy, 18 min., fiction/ 2025, Bulgaria (post-production)
"Kokice", dir. by Andrey Krechetov/ drama, 37 min., fiction/ 2025, Serbia
"Orbital velocity", dir. by Kristina Shirinova/ mockumentary, 3 min., fiction/ 2025, Russia
"The Lamb", dir. by Kristina Shirinova/ dramedy, 24 min., fiction / 2024, Russia
"Exodus", dir. by Rene Grempel/ drama, 19 min., fiction / 2024, Russia, Germany
"Salvation", dir. by Nikita Dobrynin/ drama, 18 min., fiction / 2024, Russia
"Dear Alla Sergeevna Demidova, or The Elegy of the Phantom", dir. by Nikita Dobryinin/ documentary/ 2024, Russia
"Communal signing", dir. by Roman Radzilevich / comedy, 14 min., fiction / 2022, Ukraine, Russia
"Match", dir. by Anel Askar / black comedy, 5 min., animation/ 2022, Kazakhstan, Russia
"Loud story", dir. by Maria Senichkina / popular science, 11 min., documentary/ 2022, Russia
SCRIPTS TO BE PRODUCED

"Acclimatization" / drama, comedy, adventure, feature fiction, 100 min./ 2025
"La Dauphine" / biopic, mystery, feature fiction, 90 min./ 2025
"Psychodrama" / TV Series, comedy, crime, drama, fiction, 8х40 min./ 2024
"The Tierra del Fuego"/ TV Series, animation, adventure, 12х15 min./ 2022
"Sleeping Beauty"/ black comedy, animated short, 9 min./ 2022
GRANTS

Educational grant of Mars Media Entertainment / MFF Showrunner course / 2023, Russia
Award of Russian Ministry of Culture and Education / Grant for higher art education in VGIK / 2021, Russia
PRIZES

International Festival of student and debut films "Saint Anna"/ “The Lamb”/ Best Script / 2025, Russia
All-Russian pitching of family animation projects / Nomination “Animated Series”/ Short-lister, “The Tierra del Fuego”/ 2024, Russia
8 "Free Cinema" pitching (2024)/ III prize/ Feature film script, “Olesya’s home”/ 2024, Russia
Formula of the Way Laboratory/ Nomination “Feature film” / Long-lister, “Olesya’s home”/ 2024, Russia
43rd VGIK International Student Festival/ Best treatment of feature film (I prize)/ “Acclimatization” (comedy, drama)/ 2023, Russia
43rd VGIK International Student Festival/ Best script of feature film (II prize)/ “Olesya’s home” (comedy, drama)/ 2023, Russia
42nd VGIK International Student Festival/ Best script of feature short (I prize)/ “Exodus” (drama)/ 2022, Russia
42nd VGIK International Student Festival/ Best script of animated short (III prize)/ “Match” (black comedy)/ 2022, Russia
41st VGIK International Student Festival/ Best script of animated short (I prize)/ Sleeping Beauty (black comedy)/ 2021, Russia
FESTIVALS

FILM FESTIVAL TIJD/ “Match”, main program/ the Netherlands, 2025
Twente Short Film Festival van de Korte Film/ “Match”, competition program/ the Netherlands, 2025
Kazan International Film Festival «Altyn Minbar»/ “The Lamb”, competition program/ Russia, 2025
Klyuchi Film Festival/ “Orbital velocity”, competition program/ Russia, 2025
International Festival of student and debut films "Saint Anna"/ “The Lamb”, competition program, Best Script and Best Film (II prize)/ Russia, 2025
The Arctic International Film Festival "Golden raven"-2025/ “The Lamb”, competition program/ Russia, 2025
The Kazan International Muslim Film Festival "White Bird"/ “The Lamb”, competition program/ Russia, 2025
Ural Shorts / “The Lamb”, competition program/ Russia, 2025
Festival of contemporary Russian cinema Mayak / “Salvation”, competition program / Russia, 2024
The International Short Film Day/ “The Lamb”, competition program, Best Film according to the TikTok Generation Jury Prize/ Russia, 2024
The VGIK International Student Festival/ “The Lamb”, competition program, qualifying stage/ Russia, 2024
International Student Film Festival of the CIS countries "Ascension"/ “The Lamb”, competition program, Audience Choice Award/ Russia, 2024
Ural Shorts / “Communal Signing”, competition program/ Russia, 2023
RESIDENCIES AND ARTISTIC LABORATORIES

In the footsteps of happiness seekers/ "Sefer" Center ethnographical expedition/ Jewish Autonomous Region, 2025
Shakespeare in the Ghetto/ Eshkolot Literature Festival of Jewish Texts and Ideas/ ITALY, Venice, 2017
Polish Jewry as a cultural and historical phenomenon/ "Sefer" Center ethnographical school/ POLAND, Warsaw-Krakow, 2017
PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCHES

"The biblical motif as a plot-forming principle in screenplays"/ Postgraduate internship thesis, 53 pp./ 2024, VGIK, Russia
"The mocked miracle in the plot of the film"/ Article in the proceedings of the conference/ 10th Annual scientific and practical conference/ 2024, VGIK, Russia
"Miracle as a film dramaturgy model"/ Article in the proceedings of the conference/ "Personality and social models in cinema: fiction and non-fiction"/ 2023, VGIK, Russia
"The motive of the miracle in a film dramaturgy"/ Master thesis, 39 pp./ 2023, VGIK, Russia
"The hero’s journey as the basis of the story in the fear-films"/ Article in the proceedings of the conference/ 5th Annual All-Russian youth scientific and practical conference "A journey in the cinema: towards the problem of the travel format"/ 2023, VGIK, Russia
"The motive of sacrifice in the context of the miracle-based film plot"/ Article in the proceedings of the conference/ "This is not funny! Laughter in the plot of the film"/ 11th Annual scientific and practical conference/ 2023, VGIK, Russia
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