Olga Poliektova

Olga Poliektova and her twin sister Tatiana were born in St. Petersburg, Russia.

During their early career they created several short animation films (Tomato story, Inspiration, Noise, I see you, Quagga, Warm Liguria, Chiripajas, My Grandfather Was a Cherry Tree), presented at 150 festivals worldwide and received over 50 awards.

In 2017 Olga was on the jury of the KINOLIKBEZ Author's Cinema International Festival (St. Petersburg, Russia).

In 2020, Tatiana and Olga worked on an animation film Listen Papa in co-production with France and Germany[1]).

The 2015 animation film My Grandfather Was a Cherry Tree, created with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, was selected for 170 festivals and won the Animated Short 2nd Place Award at the Giffoni Film Festival (2015) [4] and the Best Animated Short Jury Award at the New York International Children's Film Festival (2016) together 40 other awards.