Curriculum Vitae
Maria Sol
Mariia Solodiankina · b. Helsinki / FI
Film
2026 –Seeds of HopeDocumentary Short · 15 – 20 min · MA thesis film · in pre-production
2024TransferAudiovisual project · film, installation, workshop · VÆKST / Copenhagen Photo Festival
2026JÄLKI (Trace)Fiction Short · 5 min · Uneton48 Cinema Premiere, Finnkino, Helsinki · May – June 2026
2025I Go to the Forest to ScreamFiction Short · 7 min · Tampere Film Festival 2026
EarlierVoices of WaterFilm · Director
2024Tales from the SoilShort Art Doc · Goethe-Institut Tbilisi, DFI, Transfer Garden CPH, Nordisk Panorama, Nordic/Docs
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)
2024Imagining FutureRitual workshop · VÆKST / Copenhagen Photo Festival, DK
2026Octo_piKinetic interactive installation · 10110 Digital Sculpture, Vallilan Panimo, Helsinki · Mar 2026
Residencies & Programmes
2024Earthwise ResidencyCurious Encounters 3 — Bogens, DK · Oct – Dec 2024
2024VÆKST CreativesCopenhagen Photo Festival emerging-talent programme, Refshaleøen, DK · 12 – 22 June 2024
2024Film Mosaic FellowshipCopenhagen Architecture Festival, DK
2024Filmmaker in Residence — Finnish Film AffairMoving People and Images Residency · 4th industry resident · Helsinki, FI
2023European Film Market — Fiction ToolboxBerlinale, DE — feature dev. About the Future
Grants
2025Nordic Culture PointTravel + accommodation, Copenhagen
2024Danish Arts FoundationVia Earthwise — Curious Encounters 3
2024Nordic Culture PointTransfer — Copenhagen Photo Festival
2023AVEKTravel grant
Teaching & Community
2024 –Elven CraftsChainmail jewelry workshops, Bien Contemporary (CPH), Institute for X (Aarhus)
2025 –Cozy Kino Club (co-organiser)Recurring short film screenings — Helsinki, with Negar Sharifi · founded 28 Aug 2025
Languages
RUNative (C2)
ENC1
FI / FR / DEA2 — studying
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