Марина Кравцова

She was born and grew up in Rostov-on-Don. After school, she completed a language internship in Rouen (France). In 2015, she enrolled at the Volgograd State Institute of Arts and Culture. As a student, she created the project "French Cinema in Volgograd" at the "Alternativa" film club, which still exists today. In 2019, she took the position of cultural projects manager at "Alliance Française – Rostov Region."

In 2020, she completed her bachelor's degree at VGIIK with a specialization in "Head of a Studio of Film, Photo, and Video Creativity." She completed a course in SMM and marketing (Media Laboratory, 2021), cycles of conferences on the humanities and social sciences (French Institute in Russia, 2021–2023), and participated in MediaLabFest (2024). In 2024, she completed her master's degree at TSPU with a specialization in "Film Pedagogy." Since 2025, she has been studying in a master's program at the University of Toulouse – Jean Jaurès with a specialization in "Film Aesthetics."

Cultural manager and expert on French and European cinema. Member of the Federation of Film Clubs of Russia (FKK).

She gives lectures, discussions, and creative masterclasses; she produces podcasts and radio broadcasts about cinema and music. She has curated and organized about 1,000 events and 20 festivals (the project "Must have: Foreign Languages," FrenchFashionWeek, French Cinema Week, Francophone Cinema Weekend, dance productions by Jeanne Gallois, and others).