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Overview

  • 3 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Russian; learning French, Italian
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • Student/Filmmaker/Traveller
  • Queen Mary University of London
  • From Saint-Petersburg
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Do what you like and money will follow.

ABOUT ME

I guess,as I am a Libra my personality has two sides: one is completely crazy and always searches for adventures, new people and can not stop desiring to try new projects and bring people to work together, whereas on the other side I am very calm and peaceful, spending most of my time dreaming,walking, writing,longing for melancholic adventures, listening to music, while inventing new breathtaking shots or stories in my head. There are like 2 people inside of me, which is kind of mental but fun!)

PHILOSOPHY

"The most successful person is considered to be the one who got to be the best at doing nothing."

"Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes."
Robert Altman

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Unfortunately I am not able to host anyone as I am always moving from place to place, however I plan to change that in the future.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I was recently reading Tim Ferris's book were I first got to know that such thing as couchsurfing exists and decided to join it immediately!! I am just a beginner but life already gifted me with new amazing friends, real couchsurfers and something tells me that there are much more on the way!)

Interests

Sci-fi art, liberty, space, air crafts, hi-contrast photography,3-D animation, creative people, exotic food, adventures,cultures,adventures, Sight and Sound magazine, video art, cosmic tunes, modern cinema, French New Wave, Barcelona, animation, film and scriptwriting, Beardyman, assistants in the photography shops, book stores, Harajaku, yoga, walking, writing stories, reading stories, white poetry, art and music festivals, Burning Man, windsurfing, antique electronic devices, robots, big film productions,CALARTS, Annecy animation festival, Cannes festival, Tarantino's lifestyle, Tim Ferris, business and company development, storyboarding, photography projects for magazines, style and definition of style.

  • arts
  • writing
  • books
  • poetry
  • photography
  • film making
  • music festivals
  • festivals
  • dining
  • cooking
  • yoga
  • walking
  • crafts
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • windsurfing
  • sports
  • animation
  • business

Music, Movies, and Books

Richard Brenson "Loosing Virginity", Robert Rodriguez "10-min Film school", “The catcher in the Rye” J.D.Salinger,OSHO,"The Melancholy death of Oyster Boy" Tim Barton, Carlos Castaneda "The teaching of Don Huan" and other following books,"Peter Pan" James Matthew Barrie, Eat Pray Love by Elisabeth Gilbert, 4-hour workweek by Tim Ferris,"Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy", "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse.

"The Sopranos", "Californication" - TV Series


Silent Hill, Fatal Frame II III IV, Uncharted:Drake's Fortune, Black and White... Computer Games


Films by Jim Jarmush, Spike Lee, Almodovar, Spielberg, Emir Kusturica, Alfred Hitchcock, Tim Barton and also Bertolluci, Woody Allen, Terry Gilliam and also Linch....keen on Stealing Beauty,Amelie, Snatch, Big Fish, Black Cat White Cat, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Pixar animation, dreaming to build a company like that one day...

Ambient, Trip-Hop, Atmospheric D&B, Jungle, Electronic, Lounge, Jazz, Reggae, keen on Kruder & Dorfmeister which are now Tosca and RJD2, which are also great... Also adore the style of De-Phazz and Bjork.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

there is always something amazing happening everyday.)

Teach, Learn, Share

For me it is great pleasure to learn from people who are obsessed or interested in something. It may be art or sport or language or cooking or simply wondering around and doing nothing. As long as people gain pleasure from it. Me myself, I know a lot about films and animation and love to involve new people into this magical cinematic world. I gives me great pleasure to share my experiences with people and involve them into the creative process.

I always travel with my photo camera and usually take a lot of pictures of people I meet and places I get to see. It gives me such a satisfaction when I get a nice or magical shots of somebody.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cyprus, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Russian Federation, Ukraine, United States

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