Anastasia Trofimova
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Anastasia Trofimova is a Russian-Canadian documentary filmmaker and cinematographer.[1]. Her films include "Her War: Women vs. ISIS"[2], "Victims of ISIS"[3], "The Road to Raqqa"[4], "Congo, My Precious"[5] and others.
Early life and education
Anastasia Trofimova was born in Moscow, USSR and later moved to Canada. Trofimova earned her Bachelor's degree from the University of Toronto/Sheridan College in Communication, Culture and Information Technology and her Master's degree from the University of Amsterdam in International Relations[6].
Filmography
Trofimova has made several films in Iraq and Syria, documenting the expansion and fall of the "Islamic State"[7][8].
In 2015, Trofimova traveled to northeast Syria to direct and film "Her War: Women vs. ISIS"[9][10], a documentary on new recruits joining the Kurdish Women's Protection Units (YPJ)[11]. Hers was the first international crew to receive permission to live at a YPJ training camp for the entire duration of training[12].
Later that year, she came to northern Iraq to direct "Victims of ISIS"[13][14], a documentary on the ISIS slave trade of Yazidis[15] and a smuggler who was trying to save them.
In 2016, Trofimova directed "Congo, My Precious"[16], a documentary on the "resource curse"[17] of the Democratic Republic of Congo[18].
In 2017, Trofimova and her crew returned to Syria to film "The Road to Raqqa"[19][20] and were one of the few permitted to document the front lines during the siege of Raqqa[21] by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)[22].
In 2018 and 2019 Trofimova had returned to Iraq to direct "Mosul Between War and Peace"[23][24], "Rivers of Discord: Iraq's Water Crisis"[25][26] and "Sons of the Graveyard"[27][28]
References
- ↑ "Anastasia Trofimova". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
- ↑ Trofimova, Anastasia (2015-04-01), Her War: Women Vs. ISIS (Documentary), retrieved 2021-11-09
- ↑ Trofimova, Anastasia (2015-01-01), Victims of ISIS (Documentary), retrieved 2021-11-09
- ↑ Trofimova, Anastasia (2017-09-01), The Road to Raqqa (Documentary), retrieved 2021-11-09
- ↑ Trofimova, Anastasia (2017-05-01), Congo, My Precious (Documentary), retrieved 2021-11-09
- ↑ "About". Anastasia Trofimova. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
- ↑ "Islamic State", Wikipedia, 2021-11-06, retrieved 2021-11-09
- ↑ "«Синема верите» курдской революции". Hevale: революция в Курдистане (in русский). 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
- ↑ Trofimova, Anastasia (2015-04-01), Her War: Women Vs. ISIS (Documentary), retrieved 2021-11-09
- ↑ Her War: Women Vs. ISIS, retrieved 2021-11-09
- ↑ "Women's Protection Units", Wikipedia, 2021-09-20, retrieved 2021-11-09
- ↑ Her War: Women Vs. ISIS. Inside the training camp of an all-female Kurdish battalion., retrieved 2021-11-09
- ↑ Trofimova, Anastasia (2015-01-01), Victims of ISIS (Documentary), retrieved 2021-11-09
- ↑ Victims of ISIS: IS victims share their stories, retrieved 2021-11-09
- ↑ "Yazidis", Wikipedia, 2021-11-04, retrieved 2021-11-09
- ↑ Congo, My Precious. The Curse of the coltan mines in Congo, retrieved 2021-11-09
- ↑ "Resource curse", Wikipedia, 2021-11-08, retrieved 2021-11-09
- ↑ "Democratic Republic of the Congo", Wikipedia, 2021-11-08, retrieved 2021-11-09
- ↑ The Road to Raqqa (2017) - IMDb, retrieved 2021-11-09
- ↑ Road to Raqqa: RT Doc team films volunteer fighters retaking city from ISIS, retrieved 2021-11-09
- ↑ "Battle of Raqqa (2017)", Wikipedia, 2021-10-17, retrieved 2021-11-09
- ↑ "Syrian Democratic Forces", Wikipedia, 2021-11-05, retrieved 2021-11-09
- ↑ Trofimova, Anastasia (2018-09-01), Mosul Between War and Peace (Documentary), retrieved 2021-11-09
- ↑ Mosul Between War & Peace: Iraqis rebuild the city & trust after ISIS retreat, retrieved 2021-11-09
- ↑ Trofimova, Anastasia (2019-08-19), Rivers of Discord: Iraq's Water Crisis (Documentary), retrieved 2021-11-09
- ↑ Rivers of Discord: Iraq's Water Crisis. The disaster poisoning Basra and the Mesopotamian Marshes, retrieved 2021-11-09
- ↑ Trofimova, Anastasia (2019-10-04), Sons of the Graveyard (Documentary), retrieved 2021-11-09
- ↑ Sons of the Graveyard. Najaf giant cemetery through its gravediggers’ eyes, retrieved 2021-11-09
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