E-mail: iralitmanovich@yahoo.com
Irina Litmanovich was born in Rostov-on-Don in 1980.
In 1997, she moved to Israel through the SOKHNUT Program and was admitted to the Department of Visual Communication at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. She graduated in 2002, completing her diploma film The Letter, an animated étude inspired by the works of Daniil Kharms.
In the winter of 2004, she returned to Moscow and contributed to several films within The Mountain of Gems (Gora samotsvetov) project at Pilot Studio:
Artistic director for The Ram and the Goat (Pro barana i kozla, 2004) by Natal’ia Berezovaia.
Assistant director for About Ivan the Fool (Pro Ivana Duraka, 2004) by Mikhail Aldashin and Oleg Uzhinov.
Assistant artistic director for The Evolution of Petr Sentsov (Evoliutsiia Petra Sentsova, 2005) by Andrei Sokolov.
From 2004 to 2006, she studied at the Advanced Courses for Directors at the Shar School-Studio under the guidance of Fedor Khitruk and Aleksei Demin. She completed her studies with the diploma film Khelom’s Customs, based on a poem by Ovsei Driz.
2006-2007 – Worked on various animation projects in Moscow.
2007–2008 – Animation teacher at the children’s studio of the Jewish Cultural Center on Bolshaya Nikitskaya, Moscow. Also worked as a designer at the same Cultural Center.
2008-2009 – Graphic designer at the design company Image Press.
2009-2010 – Worked on the animated film Household Romance (Aquarius Film). Premiere held at Khudozhestvenny Cinema, Moscow, 2011
2011-2012 – Worked on the animated film Snow Rider (Dir. Alexey Turkus, Aquarius Film).
2012-2015 – Worked on the animated film Hand-Crafted Clouds (Aquarius Film). The premiere took place at the Theatre of Music and Poetry led by Elena Kamburova, Moscow, 2015
2015-2016 – Collaborated with Victor Shenderovich as an illustrator for the book 22 Trolleybus and Other Études.
2016-2018 – Hosted creative evening presentations of 22 Trolleybus and Other Études in Moscow, Eilat, Berlin, and St. Petersburg.
2019-2020 – US tour with creative screenings of her animated films, including stops in New York, Boston, Toronto, Chicago, Princeton, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Boulder, San Francisco, Palo Alto, San Diego, and Los Angeles, as well as performances in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Essen, Moscow, Plyos, and Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal.
2021–2025 – Worked on the film THE UNWRITTEN PLAY. One Day in the Life of a Playwright. Premiere held at the “Malenkij” Theatre, Tel Aviv, 2025
Exhibitions:
“Sketches from Khelom” – personal exhibition of characters from Khelom’s Customs and drawings from the Jewish calendar. Jewish Cultural Center, B. Nikitskaya, Moscow (September 2015).
Illustrations for M. Lipskerov’s book City on Water, Bread, and Clouds – personal exhibition, restaurant “Chagall,” Moscow (October 2015).
Sketches for a future animated film about A. Volodin – personal exhibition, Theater on Liteiny, St. Petersburg, as part of the Five Evenings festival named after A. Volodin (February 2019).
“Moscow: Zone of Love and Turbulence” – personal exhibition, a series of works about the Moscow summer protests and illustrations from 22 Trolleybus and Other Études. Sakharov Center, Moscow (August 2019).
Plein air landscapes from Plyos and beyond – personal exhibition, Coffee house named after S. Kuvshinnikova, Plyos (November 2019).
“The Wise Man of Khelom” — personal exhibition, sketches, storyboards, and etchings from the animated film, Rehovot, Israel (July-August 2021)
“Made of Air and Water” — group exhibition, watercolor exhibition, Jerusalem, Skizza Gallery (October 2024)
“Jerusalem Is Always Twofold” — group exhibition, Skizza Gallery, Jerusalem (November 2024)