Biography
Irina Rubina is an animation filmmaker and artistic professor for the MA Animation at the HSLU, Lucerne.
With her Stuttgart-based company iraru.films, she produces and directs short films, music videos and hybrid & collaborative projects that explore the boundaries between animation, film, stage performance, music and dance. She studied animation and documentary film at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg and GOBELINS, l'école de l’image. 2022 she obtained a German equivalent of a PhD-in-practice degree in animation directing at Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg.
Irina’s films have been widely screened at international film festivals, including Annecy, DOK Leipzig, Animafest Zagreb, ITFS Stuttgart, Ottawa, Monstra Lisboa, Ars Electronica, LIAF, and interfilm Berlin, and have received numerous awards.
She is also active as a member of selection committees and juries at various festivals. Since 2021, she has been a board member and, since 2025, vice-chairwoman of the ASIFA Germany Chapter.
