Masha Novikova is visual artist and filmmaker born and raised in a Jewish-Ukrainian family of artists in Kiev. She studied fine arts, under Professor Karin Kneffel and Professor Julian Rosefeldt at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and earned a degree with distinction. Novikova earned an MA in Filmmaking at London Film School, with her graduation short film Glorious Revolution (2021) premiering at 29th Camerimage Film Festival.

She is an Erwin and Gisela von Steiner Foundation grant recipient, an Oskar-Karl-Forster scholarship holder, and was selected for Ildikó Enyedi’s directing workshop with her upcoming short film Maria’s Lovers.