Anna Karpova heads the jury of the animated film competition at the Antares Film Festival

Anna Karpova is a well-known production designer, animator, and illustrator from Russia. She was born in Sverdlovsk and graduated from the Design Faculty of the Volga Region Technological Institute of Service. From 1999 to 2008 she worked at the A-Film studio in Yekaterinburg, and currently lives and works in Moscow.

The artist is known for her many years of fruitful collaboration with director Dmitry Geller. Since 1999 she has worked as a production designer and animator on his animated films. Among her best-known works are “Greetings from Kislovodsk” (2001), “Little Night Symphony” (2003), “Declaration of Love” (2006), “The Sparrow Who Could Keep His Word” (2010), “A Man Meets a Woman” (2014), “Fish, Swimmers, Ships” (2017), “The Mistress of the Copper Mountain” (2020), and “Alyoshenka” (2025).

Anna Karpova’s professional achievements have been recognized with the most prestigious awards in the field of Russian animation. She has three times been a laureate of the National Animation Award “Ikar” in the “Production Designer” category — for the films “A Man Meets a Woman” (2015) and “The Mistress of the Copper Mountain” (2021) — and in the “Character” category for the film “Alyoshenka” (2025). In addition, she was nominated for this award for her work on the film “Fish, Swimmers, Ships” in 2017. The artist has also been awarded the State Scholarship in the Field of Literature and Art three times — in 2002, 2013, and 2018.

Anna Karpova actively participates in exhibition activities. In 1998 her first solo exhibition took place in Tolyatti. In 2012 she took part in the group exhibition “Artist and Book,” dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Moscow Union of Artists, and in 2019 her new solo exhibition was held at the Rudomino Library of Foreign Literature. 

The III International Film Festival “Antares,” dedicated to the Working Person and the diversity of professions, will be held in Moscow from September 12 to 25, 2026. The jury, chaired by Anna Karpova, will include leading figures of the film industry who will evaluate the best animated works from around the world.