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 the London Film School, with her graduation short film Glorious Revolution (2021) premiering at 29th Camerimage Film Festival. She is a Erwin and Gisela von Steiner Foundation grant recipient, a Oskar-Karl-Forster scholarship holder, and was selected for Ildikó Enyedi's directing workshop with her upcoming short film Maria's Lovers.