Svetlana Viktorovna Tandit is a Russian filmmaker, working as a screenwriter, director, journalist, educator, editor, and film editor. She is a member of the Union of Cinematographers and the Film Directors Guild of the Russian Federation. She graduated from the Faculty of Russian Language and Literature at the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute and studied television film direction at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), under the workshop of master E.I. Tashkov.

Professional Experience & Achievements

• Over 50 documentary films: She is the author and director of an extensive portfolio of documentaries, many of which have won awards at Russian and international film festivals (e.g., Radonezh, Hero of Our Time, Native Paths).
• Collaborations with major TV networks: She has created content for prominent channels such as Rossiya, Rossiya 24, Kultura, Russia Today, TVC, as well as Eastern Orthodox networks (Spas, Soyuz).
• International recognition: She created a documentary series on the Great Northern War (broadcast in Poland, Sweden, and Germany, and included in the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library collection) and wrote the screenplay for the documentary “Those Who Drew Death: From Auschwitz to Neuengamme”, which was broadcast on the BBC.
• Comprehensive technical skills: She manages filmmaking projects from inception to premiere (screenwriting, directing, team coordination, interviewing, producing) and personally handles video editing using software such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut, and DaVinci Resolve.
• Thematic films and platforms: Her documentaries dedicated to spirituality and Orthodoxy are featured on major Russian streaming platforms (such as Okko). In 2021, the Alexander Solzhenitsyn Russia Abroad House hosted a creative evening dedicated to her work.
• Educational activity: In 2020 and 2021, she served as a trainer and speaker for the national project "Territoriya KIT" (KIT Territory), where she taught screenwriting and film dramaturgy to teenagers and school students.

Filmography Highlights (1999 – 2025)

Her career spans dozens of productions, with the most notable including:

• The Transfiguration (1999) and Where the Secret Lies... (2000) – broadcast on the Kultura channel.
• The Diveevo documentary series (2004-2005) – as artistic director.
• My Destiny is Myself (2009) – a documentary dedicated to cosmonaut Alexei Leonov.
• In Spite of Death (2020) – a documentary awarded the Grand Prix at the "Native Paths" festival and honored at the "Radonezh" festival.
• The Bastion of the Russian Sky (2021) and Unknown Pages from the History of the Russian School (2022 – Audience Choice Award).
• Our Temple and The Ushakovs Glorify Russia (2025) – her most recent documentaries, where she served as screenwriter, director, and film editor.