Katia Khazak

Born in Moscow, Katia Khazak studied Cinema and Cultural Management in Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3. She started her career in programing, working at the French Embassy in Kazakhstan. In 2011, she joined Wide, a Paris-based international sales agent, handling the international rights to a catalogue of independent films. In 2014, she started working at Aurora Films based in Paris as a production manager before becoming executive producer there and producing her own films. To name a few of Aurora films successes: “On the edge” by Leila Kilani (Director’s Fortnight, Cannes), “Diamond island” by Davy Chou (Critic’s week, Cannes), “Heaven sent” by Wissam Charaf (Acid, Cannes).