Curriculum Vitae

Maria Sol

Mariia Solodiankina · b. Helsinki / FI
Education
2025 – 2027MA, Documentary FilmmakingAalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture
2021 – 2023Graduate, FilmmakingAcademy of Moving People and Images (AMPI), Finland · directing, cinematography, sound, editing
2020 – 2022MSc, Data ScienceUniversité Côte d'Azur, France
2012 – 2016BSc, Applied Mathematics & Computer ScienceITMO University, St. Petersburg
Film
2026 –Seeds of HopeDocumentary Short · 15 – 20 min · MA thesis film · in pre-production
2025TransferFilm · about a transfer garden in Copenhagen
2025I Go to the Forest to ScreamFiction Short · 7 min · Tampere Film Festival 2026
EarlierVoices of WaterFilm · Director
2024Tales from the SoilDocumentary · in development · Nordisk Panorama, Nordic/Docs, DFI
2022 – 2024Handshook by DeathMultimedia Installation · Brinkkala, Ronga, Stoa, FI
2023Woman Who Runs With the WolvesShort Film · Night Visions, FI
2023BlossomingShort Film · Helsinki International Film Festival, FI
Selected Works — Performance & Live Art
2024 – 2025HydrocommunicationRitual Performance · Earthwise Residency, Earthbound Festival, DK
2024 – 2025PlantscapeLive Performance Environment · Hjorted (SE), Asbestos (FI)
2024TransferPerformance Installation · VÆKST / Copenhagen Photo Festival, DK
Residencies & Programmes
2024Earthwise ResidencyCurious Encounters 3 — Bogens, DK · Oct – Dec 2024
2024Film Mosaic FellowshipCopenhagen Architecture Festival, DK
2024Moving People and Images ResidencyFinnish Film Affair, FI
2023European Film Market — Fiction ToolboxBerlinale, DE — feature dev. About the Future
Grants
2025Nordisk Kulturkontakt — €2,049Travel + accommodation, Copenhagen
2025Nordisk Kulturkontakt — €361Travel + accommodation, Copenhagen
2024Danish Arts FoundationVia Earthwise — Curious Encounters 3
2024Nordic Culture PointTransfer — Copenhagen Photo Festival
Teaching & Community
2024 –Elven CraftsChainmail jewelry workshops, Bien Contemporary (CPH), Institute for X (Aarhus)
2026 –Cozy Kino Club (co-organiser)Short film screenings — Space 21, Helsinki, with Negar Sharifi
Languages
RUNative (C2)
ENC1
FI / FR / DEA2 — studying