Vivian Ostrovsky Movies

  • 1980
    Top Ten Designers in Paris

    Top Ten Designers in Paris

    Top Ten Designers in Paris

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    It was made by a group of filmmakers- three men and three women- just to catch a glimpse of a stylish milieu unknown to most. Enticing top models...

    Top Ten Designers in Paris
  • 1984
    Portraits / Mirrors

    Portraits / Mirrors

    Portraits / Mirrors

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    A single-screen version of the Portraits / Mirrors multi-projection. Featuring portraits of: Aloual, Gaël Badaud, Raphaël Bassan, Yann...

    Portraits / Mirrors
  • 1980
    Carolyn II

    Carolyn II

    Carolyn II

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    Portrait. She dances in the center of her area. Obscure to the look. She abandons us to her limit. Turn. Count the chips. Conjugate. Turn on...

    Carolyn II
  • 2025
    Elizabeth Bishop: From Brazil with Love

    Elizabeth Bishop: From Brazil with Love

    Elizabeth Bishop: From Brazil with Love

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    Elizabeth Bishop: From Brazil with Love
  • 2020
    Son chant

    Son chant

    Son chant

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    Going through my mini DVs shot over the past decade, I rediscovered a forgotten night sequence of Chantal Akerman and Sonia Wieder-Atherton leaving a...

    Son chant
  • 2001
    Cinexpérimentaux #3: Vivian Ostrovsky

    Cinexpérimentaux #3: Vivian Ostrovsky

    Cinexpérimentaux #3: Vivian Ostrovsky

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    Vivian Ostrovsky is a nomad film-maker, born in New York. Student in Brazil then in Paris, which takes its camera of continent in continent since...

    Cinexpérimentaux #3: Vivian Ostrovsky
  • 2005
    Ice/Sea

    Ice/Sea

    Ice/Sea

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    Funny collage of sea, sun and ice. A show from the beach with skiers, tigers, mermaids and much more.

    Ice/Sea
  • 1992
    M.M. In Motion

    M.M. In Motion

    M.M. In Motion

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    "Vivian Ostrovsky's intriguing film focuses on the French dancer- choreographer Mathilde Monnier, now the director of the National Choreographic...

    M.M. In Motion
  • 1983
    Copacabana Beach

    Copacabana Beach

    Copacabana Beach

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    A humorous glimpse of what happens every morning on the wavy sidewalks of Copacabana Beach. Physical fitness, Brazilian style, with a dash of soccer...

    Copacabana Beach
  • 1988
    Eat

    Eat

    Eat

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    An observation of humans' and animals' table manners as they gulp down breakfasts, lunches, cocktails and dinners in a variety of situations.

    Eat
  • 1984
    Laure

    Laure

    Laure

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    An unknown writer written under the pseudonym of Laure at the beginning of the century. Readings. Geography. The places of a writing. The forces that...

    Laure
  • 2008
    P.W. – Paintbrushes and Panels

    P.W. – Paintbrushes and Panels

    P.W. – Paintbrushes and Panels

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    This video was made for an exhibition in Rio on Paulo Werneck, one of Oscar Niemeyer's collaborators. Werneck was the first to introduce mosaics in...

    P.W. – Paintbrushes and Panels
  • 2003
    Nikita Kino

    Nikita Kino

    Nikita Kino

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    The film is a travelogue of sorts. Ostrovsky’s personal family footage meets the archives of Soviet propaganda footage. The result is a kind of...

    Nikita Kino
  • 1998
    Passages

    Passages

    Passages

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    Originally a text in fragments, more or less biographical, of different characters. Crossed stories, mixed times, memories and inventions. Coming...

    Passages
  • 2007
    Telepattes

    Telepattes

    Telepattes

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    A felinosophy of life.

    Telepattes
  • 1987
    ***

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    Sarah and Paul leave their native California once a year to eat their way through France. They test the Michelin guide’s recommendations for...

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  • 2015
    Losing the Thread

    Losing the Thread

    Losing the Thread

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    Starting out with super 8 reels of Paris catwalks I shot in 1979/1980, what was supposed to be an experimental short on couture culture turned into a...

    Losing the Thread
  • 1991
    Été

    Été

    Été

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    The voices say a story. forget it. Of what time. And who speaks. Both of them. One or the other. later. Others may be. Of chance. Which would...

    Été
  • 2009
    The Title Was Shot

    The Title Was Shot

    The Title Was Shot

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    Composed of fragments from over 25 films dating from the 1920s to the 90s. A faced-paced, heart-pounding cinephilic farce.

    The Title Was Shot
  • 1982
    Movie

    Movie

    Movie

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    With a super 8 camera from Paris to Berlin, from Amsterdam to Rio, from Jerusalem to New York shooting only at night. Hungarian crooners, Indian...

    Movie