Olga Dinnikova

Screenwriting
Master of Arts in Film 2016
Bachelor of Arts in Film 2015
Olga was born 1985 in Riga and grew up in Latvia and Israel. When she was 15 years old she moved to Switzerland. At the age of 22 she got her degrees at the European Film Actor School in Zurich. Since then Olga is working as a freelancing actress. 2014 she obtained her Bachelor in Film at the Zurich University of the Arts. Summer 2016 she makes her Masters in Screenwriting, also at the ZHdK.

2016 | Fremde (AT) | ca. 100min | Screenplay

2016 | Periphery | Fiction | 81 min | Screenplay | Switzerland
Episode Sonja

2015 | Aquarium | Comedy | 16 min | Screenplay | Switzerland
Regie: Cosima Frei

2015 | What if.. | Drama, Road Movie, Coming of Age | 18.5 min | Director, Screenplay | Switzerland, Latvia

2013 | Bleiben | 12 min | Director, Screenplay | ZHdK

2012 | Verena | 10 min | Director, Screenplay | ZHdK

2012 | Volo | 3 min | Director | ZHdK
Director in Collaboration with Esther Mattei

2011 | Zwei im Bett | Application Film | 3 min | Director, Screenplay
Applicationfilm ZHdK

Showcase Projects

Periphery

Screenplay | 2016 | MA Film | 81 min

Five life stories, all being connected the fight for their rights, dignity and respect.

Aquarium

Screenplay | 2015 | 16 min

Kurt Früh Reloadet: Studenten interpretieren Kurt Frühs wichtigste Werke filmisch neu.

What if..

Director, Screenplay, Editor | 2015 | BA Film | 18.5 min

When Lena is fed up with her drunk father she escapes from home.