Misha Zakharov Misha Zakharov is a Russian-born, queer-identifying person of Korean descent as well as a pro-Ukrainian political refugee in the UK. He is a London-based author and film worker, with a particular interest in refugee world-making from below, South-South solidarity, and queer and decolonial perspectives on Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Misha is currently completing a practice-based PhD in Film & TV Studies at the University of Warwick. As a guest curator, he has collaborated with a range of festivals in the UK, such as Queer East, London Short Film Festival, and London Migration Film Festival.