CINEMA BORN FROM THE SPIRIT OF MUSIC

Olga Twighlight is an award winning music video director, filmmaker and video artist working with moving image and participatory forms of storytelling at the intersection of magical realism and surrealism.

She seeks to reveal the metaphysical layer hidden beneath everyday reality, where the unseen becomes intimate. Through surreal and archetypal imagery, her works explore myth, metamorphosis, and liminal states of experience.

Her practice spans cinematic music videos, independent fiction films, and immersive video art.

Her works have been presented internationally through film festivals, music video competitions, and special screenings.
Among her recognitions are a Silver Selection at the Berlin Music Video Awards (2026) for Yamato (Sabaton), the Best Rock Music Video Award in Moscow, 2020 (Piknik- Purple Corset),
participation in the Cannes Short Film Corner in 2016 and an Official Selection at the Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival, San Diego in 2017.

For Olga, music has always been the primary source of inspiration and an essential foundation of her creative practice. Her artistic voice and cinematic language have been shaped not only by some of the world’s most influential filmmakers—including David Lynch, Maya Deren, Jean Cocteau, Stanley Kubrick and Alejandro Jodorowsky—but also by musicians whose work redefined the relationship between music, image, performance, and storytelling. Among her greatest musical influences are David Bowie, The Cure, Kate Bush, Bauhaus, and Current 93.

Music entered Olga’s life long before cinema did. Alongside her education in film directing, she studied music from an early age, building a strong foundation in musical theory, rhythm, and composition.
Her father, although not a professional musician, was a remarkably talented self-taught multi-instrumentalist and a devoted admirer of 1970s progressive and hard rock.
Inspired by bands such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Pink Floyd, he learned to play several instruments on his own and filled their home with music.

Growing up in this atmosphere profoundly shaped Olga’s artistic sensibility. It developed her instinctive sense of rhythm, her sensitivity to the emotional architecture of music, and her fascination with imagination, symbolism, and the unconscious.
These influences continue to define her filmmaking today, where music becomes not simply a soundtrack, but the foundation for cinematic storytelling.

Her artistic development began in St. Petersburg, Russia, where she worked as a filmmaker and director of music videos.
Through collaborations with both internationally recognised and independent musicians, as well as her own independent film projects, she developed a distinctive visual language rooted in symbolism, mythology, and cinematic storytelling.

Since moving to Europe her practice has expanded into installation-based and immersive formats, extending her exploration of moving image beyond the screen and into physical space.
This evolution reflects her ongoing interest in myth, transformation, and the relationship between image, environment, and viewer.

Olga builds stories where myth, music, and image converge into visual poetry — not only to be seen, but to be experienced.