Dasha CHARUSHA

Born above the Arctic Circle, grew up in southern Russia. She is a musician with professional training in piano and has worked as a composer since 2010. She has written hit soundtracks Cosmos and Skryptonite and uses the pseudonym CHARUSHA for her albums. She has also filmed several clips including Drunk Love under the name of CHARUSHA project.
Regarding her film career, after moving to Moscow in the 2000s and graduating from the State Institute of Theatrical Arts as an actress, she was awarded a Yandex grant for a media lab. She shot her first short film A Good Day (2017) and won the Grand Prix at the St. Anne festival and a UN special prize for humanity. She wrote and directed the feature Marathon of Desires (2020).