About

The team

Olga Ryashina

Co-founder, Chief Creative Officer

Olga was born in Ukraine and from a young age pursued a creative career. Having studied theatre in Kyiv Children’s Academy of Arts, she had several roles as a child actress in fimls in TV series.

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In 2010 she moved to the Cambridge Arts & Sciences College (CATS), where she studied business, video art, graphics and media. In 2012, she began her studies at Ravensbourne University in London on the Digital Film Production course, specialised in film directing. Made her first short films on a minimal budget. In 2014 she received a bachelor's degree from the University of the Arts London (UAL).

In 2014, she began working on the international TV project "Mata Hari" as an assistant director. Later that year she became the second unit director, led the main set more than once, was the director of all the dance scenes on the project and completed the last months of filming on her own.

In 2015 filmed her own short film Allergic to the Truth. The film was a participant in the Short Film Corner at the International Cannes Film Festival in 2016. It also got an award as the ‘Best Film’ nomination in the Short Film Competition at the Mumbai Shorts Film Festival in India in December 2016. The short film has also won the "Golden Rooster and hundred flowers'' festival held in Beijing in February 2016.

In March 2016, she became the post-production director for Mata Hari and has completed both versions (English and Russian). Later received the ‘Teletriumph’ award as the best TV series director in Kyiv.

In 2018 she completed her debut feature film in Ukraine called ‘Just Sex, Nothing Personal’. It was a romantic comedy shot in Prague, Lviv and Kyiv. The film was a commercial success, got in top-10 box office of Ukrainian films of all times and was nominated as ‘People’s choice’ for a Ukrainian film academy awards.

In 2019 became a member of Ukrainian film academy.

In 2021 finished second feature film in Ukraine, called ‘Rocky Road to Berlin’. It’s a road movie based on a novel by late Ukrainian musician Kuzma Skryabin, telling about his adventures in the early1990s. The shooting lasted longer than expected due to Covid and took part in Lviv, Kyiv and Berlin. The premiere (that was planned on 15th of March 2022) was cancelled due to russian invasion of Ukraine. The film was finally released in 2024 and made it to the top-5 of box office hits despite the war.

Since 2022, Olga is living in Cyprus. After studying generative AI for a year, in 2023 she started directing her own AI projects. Since then, more then 15 of them were released, some to critical acclaim, some for commercial clients. Her dream is to come back to feature films, using all the opportunities provided by AI.

Nikita Trynkin

Co-founder, CEO

Nikita was born in the USSR and raised in an academic family. Since the early age, his interests were in the areas of literature, arts and knowledge in general.

Winner of the national Olympic contest in Literature (2000), First Grade diploma on the contest of scientific studies, over 35 diplomas and certificates; gold medal for outstanding academic achievement upon graduation from the Gymnasium.

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Graduated cum laude from the Higher School of Economics (2005, business administration).
Later career was more focused on business, with a creative twist.

In the late 2000-s, after several years in financial roles in a bank and automotive manufacturing company, he organized the First Media Fund – a pioneering financial company aimed at investing in the nascent film industry in Russia. From 2009, became the CFO and later CEO of Bazelevs – leading film studio with substantial international hits such as Wanted, as well as all-time box office records in Russia such as The Irony of Fate 2.

After that he worked in several companies with an international focus, such as Central Partnership (long-time partner of Paramount Pictures) and Star Media (company behind Mata Hari and dozens of other titles).
Long-standing love of literature led to contributions to multiple scripts, such as Allergic to the Truth and Fiasco – both directed by Olga Riashyna and critically acclaimed.

Since 2022, Nikita is living in Cyprus. After studying generative AI for a year, in 2023 he started producing his own AI projects. Since then, more then 15 of them were released, some to critical acclaim, some for commercial clients. His dream is to harness the full potential of AI to make more compelling and emotional films.

Ksenia Klimanova

Chief AI Artist.

AI artist, art historian, curator, and producer. Educated in art history, Kseina dedicated several years to exploring the documentary aesthetics in fine art and fashion photography. Later, she engaged as a producer collaborating with numerous artists, organising and participating in multidisciplinary projects. In recent years, her focus has shifted towards AI and the unique possibilities it presents.
Ksenia's main interest lies in exploring human transformation—social, emotional, bodily, developmental, and spiritual. Using AI tools to represent reality allows to play with documentary aesthetics and generative artifacts.