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Nataliya Meshchaninova

Nataliya Meshchaninova

Writer and director · Born February 17, 1982 (44) · Krasnodar, USSR (Russia)

Natalya Meshchaninova (Russian: Ната́лия Ви́кторовна Мещани́нова; born 17 February 1982; Krasnodar) is a Russian director and ,scriptwriter. Winner of the NIKA award (for the script for “Arrhythmia”), prize-winner and participant of national and international film festivals. Born in Krasnodar. Graduated from Kuban State University of Culture and Arts, majoring in directing for film and television (2005). Worked as director at Krasnodar TV. After training at the Internews School of Documentary Cinema (2007, Marina Razbezhkina’s workshop), she started making documentary films. Worked on the serial “School” (2010). Her debut feature came with “Hope Factory” (2014), which won a prize for Best Debut at the White Elephant awards and a special award “Voice” from young film critics; participated in the competition of Rotterdam IFF and Kinotavr. Her series “Red Bracelets” won the Grand Prix at Dvizhenie [Movement] festival in 2015.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 17, 1982 (44)
From
Krasnodar, USSR (Russia)
Works as
Writer and director
Titles
3 on MovieCove · 28 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 18% in 30 days

What are Nataliya Meshchaninova's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
31%
Morality
22%
Bonds
18%
Survival
18%
Society
11%

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Melancholic
2
Dread
1
Bittersweet
1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Nataliya Meshchaninova's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Nataliya Meshchaninova's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted.

Filmography

28 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.

  • Rabbit. Reputation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director · Writer

  • The Edge of the Broken Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Screenplay

  • New Berlin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Writer

  • Three Minutes of Silence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Screenplay

  • My Little Nighttime Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Alyssa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · Director · Creator · Writer

  • My Mom's Penguins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 7 episodes · Director · Creator · Screenplay

  • And That’s It (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Storm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 8 episodes · Screenplay

  • Late Autumn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Polina and Andrey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Screenplay

  • An Ordinary Woman(2018)

    Show 8 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
  • Serdtse mira(2018)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • My Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Producer

  • Anna's War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Screenplay

  • The Red Bracelets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 12 episodes · Director

  • Arrhythmia(2017)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
  • Go to (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Producer

  • Psevdezh and Simulacrum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer · Writer

  • The Hope Factory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Another Year (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Screenplay

  • Till Night Do Us Part (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Additional Director of Photography

  • Х-Х (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director

  • School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 69 episodes · Director

  • Good Intentions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · Cinematographer · Writer

  • Herbarium (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director · Cinematographer · Screenplay

  • Freedom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director · Cinematographer · Writer

  • Anna's Hands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Director

Career shape

A full career of 28 titles, 27 of them dated from 2007 to 2024.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing17 of 28: 5 only directing, 12 with another roleWriting20 of 28: 8 only writing, 12 with another roleProducing3 of 28: 2 only producing, 1 with another roleCinematography5 of 28: 1 only cinematography, 4 with another roleOther crew2 of 28: 0 only other crew, 2 with another role

28 titles, 12 with more than one role — writing and directing overlap on 12 of them.

By decade

2000s3 · crew2010s16 · crew2020s8 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

Who does Nataliya Meshchaninova work with?

People who share at least 2 of Nataliya Meshchaninova's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Boris Khlebnikov shares the most, 3.

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