Animation director, producer, lecturer & curator @ iraru.films
Irina Rubina (RU/DE) is an animation director, producer and animator, based in Stuttgart, Germany.
With her company iraru.films she produces and realises 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-Württemberg and GOBELINS, l’école 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 screened and awarded at international film festivals, including The Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Animafest Zagreb, ITFS Internationales Trickfilm Festival Stuttgart, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Monstra Lisboa Animation Film Festival, Ars Electronica, London International Animation Festival, interfilm Berlin.
She also works as a mentor, lecturer and curator at various institutions. Since 2021 she is a board member of the Animation Association Germany (ASIFA Germany).