Maksim Shved
Maksim Shved was born in 1979 in Minsk, Belarus.
After graduating from the Political Science Department of the Belarusian State University, he started a small business.
At the age of 33, he radically changed his life and began studying filmmaking. He studied in St. Petersburg and Minsk, but the breakthrough on the path of filmmaking was the completion of the documentary program at the Wajda School in Warsaw in 2016.
His debut documentary ‘Pure Art’ was screened at the 59th Krakow Film Festival, was nominated for Best Director at ArtDocFest 2019, and won several prizes at international festivals.
Developing his filmmaking career, Maksim not only directs but also produces documentaries for television and realizes medium- and full-length documentary projects.
Director, producer, cinematographer
Filmography
The Photographer from the Square of Changes, 20 min.
Where is my homeland, 49 min.
Belarus. The center of Europe, 20 min.
Route Recalculated, 52 min.
What will we do tomorrow?, 8 min.
Pure Art, 52 min.
Something like a Tattoo, 17 min.
Sea on the Other Side, 20 min.
Candidate Peter, 11 min.
Everything is Invented by God, 27 min.
And Happiness, 11 min.
Taran Kino, 10 min.
Where is my homeland, 49 min.
Belarus. The center of Europe, 20 min.
Route Recalculated, 52 min.
What will we do tomorrow?, 8 min.
Pure Art, 52 min.
Something like a Tattoo, 17 min.
Sea on the Other Side, 20 min.
Candidate Peter, 11 min.
Everything is Invented by God, 27 min.
And Happiness, 11 min.
Taran Kino, 10 min.
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Pure Art
A film about contemporary Belarus, social change, freedom, and art.