contact: info「@」irarufilms「dot」com
Irina Rubina is an animation filmmaker and artistic professor for the MA Animation at the HSLU, Lucerne.
With her Stuttgart-based company iraru.films she produces and directs short films, music videos as well as hybrid & collaborative projects that explore the borderland between animation, film, stage-performances, music and dance.
She studied animation and documentary film at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg and GOBELINS, l'ecole de l’image. 2022 she obtained a German equivalent of a PhD-in-practice degree in animation directing at Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg.
Irina’s films have been widely screened at international film festivals, - including Annecy, DOK Leipzig, Animafest Zagreb, ITFS Stuttgart, Ottawa, Monstra Lisboa, Ars Electronica, LIAF, and interfilm Berlin - and have received numerous awards.
She is also active as a member of selection committees and juries at various festivals. Since 2021 she is a board member of the Animation Association Germany (ASIFA Germany Chapter).
Depending on the project, she works with a broad and experienced network of creative collaborators.
FEATURED IN
SHORTFILM.DE - Portrait by Marie Ketzscher (GER & ENG)
ZIPPYFRAMES - Contradiction of Emptiness / Director's Statement
ZIPPYFRAMES - Contradiction of Emptiness
IT’S NICE THAT - Miles Davis - “What’s Love Got to Do With It”
ZIPPYFRAMES - Miles Davis - “What’s Love Got to Do With It”
STASH MAGAZINE - Miles Davis - “What’s Love Got to Do With It”
SKWINGLY - Miles Davis - “What’s Love Got to Do With It”
ANIMACION PARA ADULTOS - Miles Davis - “What’s Love Got to Do With It”
METALOCUS - Miles Davis - “What’s Love Got to Do With It”
FILM FACTS (p.14) - OSJA - WIP
CARTOON BREW - Black Snot & Golden Squares
ZIPPYFRAMES - Black Snot & Golden Squares
SKWINGLY - Black Snot & Golden Squares
ANIMACION PARA ADULTOS - Jazz Orgie
ANIMATION WORLD NETWORK - Jazz Orgie
AWARDS
CONTRADICTION OF EMPTINESS
Countryside Animafest Cyprus - Special Mention
Filmfest Dresden - Special Mention "Fully Political"
MILES DAVIS - WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT
ArteNonStopFestival - BEST Animation Short Film|MUSIC & SOUND EDITION
SUPERTOON - International Animation Festival - SUPERTUNE Award|Best Animated Music Video
2024 Athens International Film + Video Festival - 1st Prize Music Video
LOS ANGELES ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2023 - Best International Music Video
Berlin Commercial - SHORTLIST CRAFT|ANIMATION
Athens ANIMFEST 2023 - Special Mention in the Experimental category
ANIMAYO 2023 - Special Mention of the commissioned jury for Best Art
CutOut Fest International Animation and Digital Art Festival - Special Mention
German film rating (FBW) - Certification Mark 'Especially Worthwhile' | Prädikat ‘Besonders Wertvoll’
BLACK SNOT & GOLDEN SQUARES
MISTER VORKY - Award for the Best Foreign One-Minute Film
T-Short festival 2021- Jury Diploma for Original Visual Solution
CINEMINUTO CORDOBA 2021 - Special Mention
Unified Filmmakers Festival 2021 - Genre Award: Best Animation
German film rating (FBW) - Certification Mark 'Especially Worthwhile' | Prädikat ‘Besonders Wertvoll’
POWER GAME
12th. International Animated Film Festival Animator 2019 - Best Music Film
Retro Avant Garde Film Festival Cairo 2020 - Best Retro Avant Garde Short Film
JAZZ ORGIE
Ottawa International Animation Festival - Prize for Best Commissioned Animation
Copenhagen Jazz Film Festival - Audience Award for best short fiction film
IAFF Golden Kuker Sofia - Best Super short animated film award
60 Seconds or Less Video Festival - 2nd place Open Category
Melbourne International Animation Festival - Audience Award
Animex Awards Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art - Experimental Animation Award
Festival of European Student Animation - Diploma in Advertising film or Musical clip category
Karl-Miescher-Preis 2016 "Color in the short film"- Special Mention
14º AROUCA FILM FESTIVAL - Best Experimental Film
7th International Animated Movies Festival Animocje - The Third Prize For Visual Consciousness
The Unprecedented Cinema - Best Experimental Film
2017 Nola Edge Film & Live Art Festival - Best Under One Minute
BEAST - International Film Festival - Best Experimental Award
ANIMA 2017, IX Cordoba International Animation Festival - Special Mention
International Animation Film Festival "Tindirindis" - Special Mention
German film rating (FBW) - Certification Mark 'Especially Worthwhile' | Prädikat ‘Besonders Wertvoll’