Sofia Seithalil is a multidisciplinary documentary artist, co-founder, and director of visual communications at the Qizlar collective.
Sofia was born in the small town of Uray in Siberia, spent her early childhood between Tashkent, the Samarkand region, and Kazakhstan, and has lived in Tashkent for as long as she can remember. The main inspiration for her work comes from observing and living within a community of like-minded people and friends.
Education and Participation in Various Programs
2026
- DP Residency as part of Qizlar Collective, YDP Space, London
- Cinematography course led by Umida Akhmedova, Tashkent Film School
2024
- Directing course led by Mikhail Borodin, Tashkent Film School
- Experimental Short Film Course led by Sasha Kulak, Tashkent Film School
- Ma’na Lab Residency, Almaty
- Ancient Futures, Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture
2023
- “Archival Landscapes” course led by Danila Lipatov and Karen Zimmerman, Tashkent Film School
2022
- “Documentary Photography and Photojournalism” course led by Mikhail Domozjilov, Docdocdoc School of Contemporary Photography
- “The Adventure of Science: Women and Glaciers in Central Asia,” implemented with support from UNESCO, CAIIZ, and Girls on Ice Switzerland
2013–2016
- “Graphic Arts” Department, Republican Art College, Tashkent
Exhibitions and screenings
“Rock Glue, Paper, Scissors”, Haqiqiy Gallery, 2026
Nomsiz Film Festival, Tashkent Film School (Tashkent), Tselinny Center of Contemporary Art (Almaty), 2026
“Jolda”
“Recipes for Broken Hearts”, Bukhara Biennial, Bukhara, 2025
“Loy qo’llar (with dirty hands) / Where Do the Plants Sleep?”
NeUyat, Bonum Factum, Tashkent, 2024
“Sometimes I Fell Apart”
“You Are Here”, Fondazione Elpis, Milan, 2024
“In the circle of my heart”
“Don’t Miss the Cue”, Uzbekistan National Pavilion at 60th Venice Biennale of Art, Venice, 2024
Collective video performance within the program
NeUyat, 139 Documentary Center, Tashkent, 2022
“Blind zone”
“Women of Our Mahalla”, 139 Documentary Center, Tashkent, 2021
