Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Elizaveta Kurilova. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Elizaveta, appreciate you joining us today. We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.

I think that was one of the first things I really knew about myself. I was always a creative kid – constantly drawing (on everything), dancing, acting, cutting and sticking. I loved painting old wooden furniture. I made little animal sculptures and cut stars out of milk cartons. I was constantly cutting something out and sticking it somewhere.

Once a teenager, one vivid moment stands out from my school years: devising a little play, and everything about it seemed the most fabulous thing to me – writing the script, choosing props and costumes, painting sets, and finding music. We imagined a little world and lived in it, and I couldn’t wait to do that again.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

For me, everything begins on the page – I write first, and the stories unfold from there. I’ve written and directed three narrative shorts, each one a story I love.
Producing is just as important to me, whether it’s my own work or projects with friends.
Beyond film, I’m drawn to working on music videos, commercials, and editorial campaigns.
To me, at the heart of it all is storytelling.

For pleasure, I take photographs!

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

For me, it’s the process. The gift of dreaming and imagining – and then sharing it with others. Filmmaking introduces you to incredible people, minds full of light.

Sure, the process has its challenges, but that’s part of the reward – it’s a creative adventure and it’s a lot of fun.

What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?

I believe the creative journey is a wonderful mission in itself. Telling stories carries both great power and great responsibility. As an artist, you may have a clear intention, even a reason for telling a particular story – but the moment an audience experiences it, your story transforms into a hundred new stories in their minds. In that shared moment, sitting together in the dark, we travel together, love together, cry together, laugh together. It is a rare moment of human togetherness.

Image Credits

The black-and-white photo of me is by Anna Sukhovei
The ocean photos is by me
The photo of me in a green dress is by Luigi Ventura