Team Statement

Le Doc en Scène, created in 2024 by actress Maria Chuprinskaia (Art Director), is a Paris-based festival dedicated to theatre, documentary film, and contemporary art. Organized by the VERBA Association, with Anne Duruflé as President and Vladislav Ketkovich as Producer, the festival brings together the voices of political refugees and artists in exile united by their commitment to freedom and justice. 
In 2026, the third edition of Le Doc en Scène will take place from the 5 of th October until the 6 of December. It will feature a rich and diverse program of cultural events: five theatrical productions including How we buried Josef Stalin, My Beloved Country, Finist the Clear Falcon, Eisenstein, Takie Dela and a photo exhibition featuring the works of Victoria Ivleva.  
Le Doc en Scène stands firmly for democratic values, humanism, and artistic freedom. The festival’s team and participants oppose dictatorship and totalitarianism, denounce the ongoing repressions in Russia and Belarus, and unequivocally condemn Russian aggression against Ukraine. Above all, the festival expresses its solidarity with Ukrainians and with all those who resist violence and fight for peace, dignity, and truth through art.
Le Doc en Scène is not only a cultural event — it is an act of artistic and civic resistance, a celebration of free voices that refuse to be silenced.

  • President of the Association

     After studying languages (English, Russian, Polish) and political science in Paris, with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet space, Anne built a career split between Paris—working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ cultural, scientific and technical cooperation—and postings in Kyiv, Warsaw, Moscow, and Ljubljana. She has been President of the France-Poland Solidarity Association since 2016 and was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of Poland (1993) and the French Legion of Honour (2013). 

  • Founder of Association and Art Director

    Active in the film industry since 2006, Maria has written and produced several documentaries. She trained at the Moscow School of Dramatic Art (Mikhail Ugarov’s class), and starred in films screened at major international festivals, including The Whaler Boy (Venice, 2020). After relocating to Paris in March 2022 and receiving political asylum, she co-founded the theatre festival Echo Lyubimovka Paris (2022), and organized ArtDocFest Echo Paris (2023, 2024) and Le Doc en scène (2024). 

  • Treasurer of Association

     Since 2005, Vlad has completed top European producer training (EuroDoc, Ex-Oriente, Documentary Campus Masterschool, EAVE) and produced over 30 international co-productions. His films have screened at festivals such as IDFA, CPH:DOX, HotDocs, and DOK Leipzig, and aired on ARTE, BBC, ZDF, and others. In Russia, he was one of few independent producers working on protest-related films. He left shortly after the war in Ukraine began, settled in France with his family in March 2022 (granted political asylum), and now works in Paris, co-organizing ArtDocFest Echo Paris. 

  • President of the Melograno Association

    Olga Amiryan is the president of the association Melograno, founded in 2022 in France. Under her leadership, the association actively carries out humanitarian and cultural projects aimed at supporting people who have been forced to leave their homes due to war. Melograno has organized numerous fundraising events to assist victims of conflicts, notably in Ukraine and the Nagorno-Karabakh region, providing sleeping bags, blankets, and relief supplies.

  • Line Producer

    Elizaveta holds a BA in directing and production from ESRA Paris and is fluent in French, Russian, and English. She has written and directed three short films exploring psychological themes, worked with ÉCU European Independent Film Festival, and spent 2024 in New York contributing to independent projects screened at Cannes. In 2025, she joined VERBA Films as a junior producer, continuing her work in the film industry.

  • Junior Producer / Project Coordinator

     Originally from Ukraine and now based in Paris, Taisiia is a film producer who earned a BA in Filmmaking with a focus on production. She went on to produce four short films, including one that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. After studying and working in New York, she now contributes to the ArtDocFestival in Paris, dedicated to powerful and socially engaged cinema.

  • Line Producer

     With over 10 years of experience in advertising and film, she is a producer and screenwriter of 10 fiction and documentary short films. These films have been selected for the programs of the Moscow International Film Festival, Norwich Film Festival, FilmFestival Cottbus, Shnit Worldwide Shortsfestival, ArtDocFestival, and others, and have won awards at festivals such as Kinotavr, Golden Unicorn, and the Warsaw International Film Festival. She has also worked as a line producer on feature films and TV series.

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