Diana Shikhalieva is a 24 year old filmmaker from Russia, Saint-Petersburg. She studied as a producer of performing arts in Russian State university of performing arts and has taken part in a one year residence at Luksuz Produkcija, a youth media organization based in Slovenia in which she took part in a wide variety of audiovisual projects.She has always had a deep interest in portraying reality, keeping an eye on social environment. Babsi Adler is her first short documentary film.