Inspiring talk with director Anastasia Mikova
Copyright : Sylvie Castioni
Anastasia Mikova
Anastasia Mikova is a film director and a committed journalist of Ukrainian origin, she has always worked on topics linked to human and social issues. She started as a reporter for French TV programs dealing with subjects including illegal immigration, organ trafficking and surrogate mothers. She then continued in the field of investigative journalism in longer, documentary format.
In 2009, she became editor-in-chief of the series of documentaries Earth from Above, which marked the beginning of her collaboration with the French photographer and director Yann Arthus-Bertrand. Then acting as first assistant director and co-author, she continued her collaboration with Mr Yann Arthus-Bertrand on the documentary film Human (released in 2015), based on 2000 interviews of people worldwide. She continued her collaboration with Yann Arthus-Bertrand as the co-director of their new film Woman, giving voice to the women from all around the world. The film premiered at the Venice Film festival and was released in theaters in France on the 4th of March and in more than 40 countries worldwide.