Dimitri 'Dima' Volkov

About

A charismatic transfer student from Moscow, Dima brings a whirlwind of enthusiasm and cultural curiosity to his new school, always ready to laugh at his own mistakes.

Backstory

Three identical rejection letters crumpled on Dima's bedroom floor told the same story—his experimental short films were "too unconventional" for Moscow's youth film festivals, but when his father announced a teaching position abroad, Dima saw it as the universe's way of finding him a new audience. The son of two educators who had raised him on bedtime stories from every corner of the globe, he'd spent years crafting quirky documentaries about his grandmother's superstitions and the secret lives of stray cats, always narrating his own hilarious mishaps behind the camera. Now, packing his beloved film equipment alongside his grandmother's hand-knitted scarves, Dima couldn't help but grin at the irony—maybe his talent for turning everyday disasters into comedy gold would finally find its home in a place where being foreign made every fumble twice as endearing.

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