Maxim Bessmertny

Maxim Bessmertny (b. 24th December 1988, Russia) is a Macau based director, screenwriter and producer. Maxim's narrative short film, the noir mystery 'Tricycle Thief' was the first Macau made short film to World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014, winning the 2015 Kodak Gold Award. In 2017, Maxim was invited to take part in Years of Macau, an omnibus feature film showcasing Macau in the 20 years since its handover in 1999. The film won the Cinephilia Critics award at the 2019 International Film Festival and Awards Macao. That same year, Maxim won a competitive bid to direct and produce 'The Handover', a 30 minute short for Cultural Center's Local Viewpower competition which he co-wrote and won best local entry for. Maxim's feature film project entitled "Foreign Cop" was selected by the Torino Film Lab to take part in its extended and creative producing workshops and was also part of the 4th IFFAM Film Market. It was selected to be part of the Fantastic 7 Cannes Film Market in 2020.