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  • Nastiia (2025)
  • Short | 5 min | Documentary, Short, Music
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Nastiia (2025)
Short | 5 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Anastasia Maksiuta is a classical pianist and pop singer. Born and raised in Russia, she has studied classical piano since childhood, playing with orchestras across Europe and North America before coming to the United States to study piano...See moreAnastasia Maksiuta is a classical pianist and pop singer. Born and raised in Russia, she has studied classical piano since childhood, playing with orchestras across Europe and North America before coming to the United States to study piano performance at University of Maryland. She began writing her own music in 2016 and debuted in 2020 as a pop singer. While she started her pop career in Russia with Russian songs under the stage name MAKSIUTA, she has recently started working on English songs with the aim of appealing to a larger audience in America, where she is currently based. She released her first English single, Amber Eyes, on September 26th, 2025 under her English stage name, NASTIIA. Growing up immersed in classical music in Russia, a very conservative environment, NASTIIA found that she could express herself in a unique way through pop music, performing songs that she wrote and composed herself. This film explores her journey from the classical music sphere to pop music and how she balanced both as a graduate student at the University of Maryland. Filmed in Fall 2022, the film captures a transitional moment in NASTIIA's life and career as she finished up her Master's Degree at UMD. NASTIIA now lives in LA, where she is pursuing her dreams of writing and performing her own original music. In 2024, she graduated from Los Angeles Academy for Artists and Music Production (LAAMP) run by Stargate Producers. Written by Lillian Elliott See less
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Lillian Elliott (director)
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Lillian Elliott (written by)
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Lillian Elliott (producer)
Composer
Nastiia (original music by)
Cinematographer
Jacob Chrispim (cinematographer)
Editor
Miguel Alfaro (editor)
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Oct 2, 2025 (United States)

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