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Hi, I’m Kirill Sakharnov. I was born in Moscow in 1978 and have been working as a film editor and director since 2006. In 2010 I founded SugarDocs, a production company focused on documentary films about human rights that resonate with broad audiences and international festivals. Since 2023 I live in Warsaw and continue my work across international festivals, human rights organizations, and mentoring emerging editors through workshops. Based in Warsaw, I edit and direct projects that promote liberal values, collaborate with journalists and NGOs, and mentor editors through international documentary film workshops. My work has earned awards including a special prize named after Václav Havel at the Los-Angeles International Film Festival and the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize in 2019.…Hi, I’m Kirill Sakharnov. I was born in Moscow in 1978 and have been working as a film editor and director since 2006. In 2010 I founded SugarDocs, a production company focused on documentary films about human rights that resonate with broad audiences and international festivals. Since 2023 I live in Warsaw and continue my work across international festivals, human rights organizations, and mentoring emerging editors through workshops. Based in Warsaw, I edit and direct projects that promote liberal values, collaborate with journalists and NGOs, and mentor editors through international documentary film workshops. My work has earned awards including a special prize named after Václav Havel at the Los-Angeles International Film Festival and the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize in 2019.

Kirill Sakharnov

Film Director, Video Editor, Filmmaker, +2

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Hi, I’m Kirill Sakharnov. I was born in Moscow in 1978 and have been working as a film editor and director since 2006. In 2010 I founded SugarDocs, a production company focused on documentary films about human rights that resonate with broad audiences and international festivals. Since 2023 I live in Warsaw and continue my work across international festivals, human rights organizations, and mentoring emerging editors through workshops. Based in Warsaw, I edit and direct projects that promote liberal values, collaborate with journalists and NGOs, and mentor editors through international documentary film workshops. My work has earned awards including a special prize named after Václav Havel at the Los-Angeles International Film Festival and the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize in 2019.…Hi, I’m Kirill Sakharnov. I was born in Moscow in 1978 and have been working as a film editor and director since 2006. In 2010 I founded SugarDocs, a production company focused on documentary films about human rights that resonate with broad audiences and international festivals. Since 2023 I live in Warsaw and continue my work across international festivals, human rights organizations, and mentoring emerging editors through workshops. Based in Warsaw, I edit and direct projects that promote liberal values, collaborate with journalists and NGOs, and mentor editors through international documentary film workshops. My work has earned awards including a special prize named after Václav Havel at the Los-Angeles International Film Festival and the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize in 2019.

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Hi, I’m Kirill Sakharnov. I was born in Moscow in 1978 and have been working as a film editor and director since 2006. In 2010 I founded SugarDocs, a production company focused on documentary films about human rights that resonate with broad audiences and international festivals. Since 2023 I live in Warsaw and continue my work across international festivals, human rights organizations, and mentoring emerging editors through workshops.

Based in Warsaw, I edit and direct projects that promote liberal values, collaborate with journalists and NGOs, and mentor editors through international documentary film workshops. My work has earned awards including a special prize named after Václav Havel at the Los-Angeles International Film Festival and the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize in 2019.

Skills

Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe After Effects

DaVinci Resolve Studio

Adobe Photoshop

Final Cut Pro X

Experience Level

Adobe Premiere Pro

Expert

Adobe After Effects

Expert

DaVinci Resolve Studio

Expert

Adobe Photoshop

Expert

Final Cut Pro X

Expert

Avid Media Composer

Intermediate

Language

Russian

Fluent

English

Advanced

Work Experience

Founder at SugarDocs film production

January 1, 2010 - Present

Founded SugarDocs, specializing in documentary films on human rights issues and liberal values; oversees editing and directing for the company's projects.

Film Editor / Freelance Editor

January 1, 2006 - Present

Active in filmmaking since 2006 as an editor and director; has edited over 100 documentaries for various projects.

Editing Tutor at International documentary film workshops

January 1, 2020 - Present

Since 2020, works as a film editing tutor at international documentary film workshops.

Editor at Novaya Gazeta

January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018

Edited the documentary about the famous Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta; its editor-in-chief Dmitri Muratov won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021.

Co-Director at Kirill & Ksenia Sakharnov

January 1, 2023 - Present

Co-directed the documentary 'Victor Fajnberg. Madly in dissent', which received the Vaclav Havel special prize at LAIFF.

Director at Parallels. Events. People

January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2015

Director of the web-series 'Parallels. Events. People' (36 episodes, 2013-2015), about the history of the human rights movement in the USSR and civil society in Russia; distributed by Voice of America and other organizations.

Editor (Documentary) at Novaya Gazeta

January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018

Edited a documentary about the famous Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta.

Editing Director at Komandirovka (web series for Novaya Gazeta)

January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2025

Editing director for the web series about life in Russia during the criminal war; 2023-2025.

Film Editing Tutor at International documentary film workshops

January 1, 2020 - Present

Since 2020, working as a film editing tutor at international documentary film workshops.

Editor at Victor Fajnberg. Madly in dissent (documentary)

January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Co-directed and edited the documentary about Victor Fainberg; awarded the special prize named after Václav Havel of the Czech TV and cinema union Trelobit.

Editor at Natalia Gorbanevskaya: I am not a hero

January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016

Edited the 2016 Russia documentary directed by Kirill & Ksenia Sakharnov.

Editor/Director at Parallels. Events. People (web-series)

January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2015

Series produced 2013-2015; author Natella Boltyanskaya; directed by Kirill & Ksenia Sakharnov; 36 episodes; available on VOANews and human rights sites.

Director at Olya’s Love

January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014

Olya’s love (Russia-Austria, documentary, 2014) directed by Kirill Sakharnov.

Editor at 5 minutes of freedom

January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012

5 minutes of freedom (Russia, 2012) directed by Kirill & Ksenia Sakharnov.

Editor at Stalin? Why not

January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010

Stalin? Why not (2010) directed by Kirill & Ksenia Sakharnov.