For the past 4 years, we’ve been giving £500 a month to a creative in the UK. Grant #050 goes to Ira Putilova.
This month’s grant is the fourth & last of 4 grants funded by a reader named Nina – thank you to Nina for your generous donation!
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Ira Putilova is a non-binary director and editor living in London. Born and raised in Russia, Ira was a member of several Russian art-activist groups and directed films that condemned state crimes, police brutality and violence against queer people. Since Ira had to flee persecution by Russian authorities and claim political asylum in the UK in 2013, they continued to both direct and edit a body of work that explores themes of gender, bodies, poverty, migration, belonging and queerness.
Ira was selected for Doc Leipzig Short’n’Sweet 2020, Grierson DocLab’s Editing Scheme 2021 and IDFAcademy 2024 and has worked as assistant editor and editor on high-end Netflix, Channel 4, ITV, and Sky documentaries. Ira worked on CHERNOBYL: THE LOST TAPES which won several BAFTAs in 2023, whilst LOVE LANGUAGES, a Netflix short film that Ira co-edited, was long-listed for a BAFTA. Alongside their debut documentary feature LOOK AT ME AND THEN UP, Ira directed BENDER DEFENDERS, an award-winning short documentary about members of a queer Muay Thai club in East London.
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BENDER DEFENDERS is being screened at:
** the St. Louis International Film Festival (7-17th Nov, St Louis Missouri)
** the Norwich Film Festival (11-24th Nov, Norwich)
You can find Ira on Instagram and stay tuned for more information on where Bender Defenders will be screened here
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