Lyubov Arkus

film critic, director, Russia

is a founder (together with Alexander Golutva) and editor-in-chief (until 2020) of the cinematic magazine “Seance”. Founder and president of the “Exit in St. Petersburg” Foundation, creator of the “Anton’s Right Here” Center for Education, Social Habilitation and Creativity for People with Autism. The author of the idea and editor-in-chief of the educational portal "Chapaev". In 1984, she graduated from the screenwriting and film studies department of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK, workshop of Lidia Zaitseva). She worked as a literary secretary for Viktor Shklovsky and as an editor at the Lenfilm studio. From 2006 to 2011 – Associate Professor at the St. Petersburg State University of Cinema and Television (SPbGUKiT). Winner of prestigious international and Russian awards in the field of film criticism.

Filmography: Anton’s Right Here, 2012; Who Beat You Nothing, 2021.