Person

Siarhei Kavaliou

Crew · Bobruysk, Belorusskaya SSR, USSR [now Babruysk, Belarus]

Siarhei Kavaliou is a cinematographer and documentary filmmaker, creator and co-founder of the MediaHUB Batumi production studio, initiator of Belarusian Archive of Private Films. Born in Babruysk, Belarus in 1989. He graduated from a music school in the piano class. He received a higher education at Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics , majoring in engineer-economist, 2007-2012. From 2011 to 2020, he cooperated with the media: Belsat TV, ARTE, Sky News, ARD, MDR, INTER, TV Rain, The Gurdian, Current Time, NY Times. In 2020-2021, he studied in a one-year program at a film school in Lodz, a cinematography class. In 2025 his cinematographer's debut in fiction film "The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov" was premiered in section Forum at Berlinale 2025. Participant of film festivals: ArtDocFest 2022, CPH:DOX 2023, DOK Leipzig 2023, Berlinale 2025.

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  Belarus: Recalculating Route

  Cinematography

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  The Swan Song of Fedor Ozerov

  Director of Photography

• Farben im Schnee

  Cinematography

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  Wer, wenn nicht wir? Der Kampf für Demokratie in Belarus

  Cinematography

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  Voices. Where My Homeland Is

  Cinematography

• 2025The Swan Song of Fedor OzerovDirector of Photography
• 2023Wer, wenn nicht wir? Der Kampf für Demokratie in BelarusCinematography
• 2022Voices. Where My Homeland IsCinematography
• 2021Farben im SchneeCinematography
• 2020Belarus: Recalculating RouteCinematography