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Natalya Lobko is a film director, screenwriter, and producer. She graduated from the Feature Film Directing program of the High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors (workshop of Khotinenko-Finn-Fenchenko). Her first higher education was in economics, and she was simultaneously studying vocal performance at a college of music. Before entering the film industry, she produced programs for radio and television (Channel One, Russia-1 channel) Her graduation project at HCFDS was the documentary film “I Saw the Executioner”, shot as part of the “Russia-Poland. New Gaze” project. After graduation, she directed documentary and feature films, collaborating with film companies “Eureka-Media”, “Alana-film,” “Excite-film”, and “Miradox”. In 2012, she founded the film company “Mokka-Media”. She spent 3 years working in a clinical hospital, immersing herself in medical topics, after which she began making films about doctors.She is an award winner of the international film festivals including “Global FF Awards” (USA), “SoCal Film Awards” (USA), “INCA IIFF” (Peru), II Short & Feature FF “The day is short” (Venezuela), “Alternative Film Territory” (Saint Petersburg), and “It's Me” (Armenia). She won the “Bronze Knight” award and received diplomas from international film festivals “Won Together,” “Russia,” “Radonezh,” and “Stalker.”