Aleksei Borovikov is an award-winning independent filmmaker, journalist, and LGBTQ activist. He began his career working on regional and national television in Russia for over 15 years. In 2016, Aleksei graduated from Moscow Film School. Before coming to the US, Aleksei volunteered as a copy editor for a Moscow-based NGO focused on HIV prevention and helped them raise a grant of $1 million from the Elton John AIDS Foundation. In 2022, he graduated from Columbia College Chicago with an MFA in Cinema Directing. Cumulatively, Aleksei's short films, including
One More Please (2019)and
Glances (2020), have been screened and awarded in over 150 festivals worldwide and are featured on streaming platforms in the US, Poland, and Taiwan.