Vitaly Mansky (1963) was born in in Lviv, Ukraine. He graduated from VGIK in 1989 and has become one of the most prominent contemporary documentary filmmakers and producers. He has directed more than 30 films that have been screened at nearly every major festival worldwide and has received over 100 international awards. His documentary “Under the Sun” (2015) was screened at the PÖFF competition programme and won the Best Directing Award. In 2007, he founded and became the president of the International Festival of Creative Documentary Films Artdocfest in Russia. Its operation was suspended in 2022 due to the prevailing censorship and the invasion of Ukraine. He is currently being persecuted by Russian authorities for expressing his civic stance. In 2020, he founded and became the president of the International Documentary Film Festival Artdocfest/Riga in Latvia, having emigrated from Russia in 2014. Member of the American Film Academy (Oscars).
Filmograafia:
(Valik/Selected): Nasha rodina (Gagarin’s Pioneers, 2005, doc), Truba (Toru, 2013, doc), V lutšah solntsa (Päikese all, PÖFF 2015, doc), Close Relations (Suguvõsa, PÖFF 2016, doc), Svědkové Putinovi (Putini tunnistajad, PÖFF 2018, doc), Gorbachev. Heaven (Gorbatšov. Paradiis, PÖFF 2020, doc), Shidniy front (Idarinne, PÖFF 2023, doc, co-dir), Chas pidlotu (Time to the Target, 2025, doc)