Vivian Ostrovsky Movies

  • 2016
    But Elsewhere Is Always Better

    But Elsewhere Is Always Better

    But Elsewhere Is Always Better

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    A new short film by Vivian Ostrovsky remembering Chantal Akerman, beginning with their first meeting in the early 1970s. Using her own footage of...

    But Elsewhere Is Always Better
  • 2012
    A Skitsch

    A Skitsch

    A Skitsch

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    "A sketch on skis - in memory of my father, an urban snowman [...] December 2012"

    A Skitsch
  • 1995
    UTA MAKURA (PILLOW POEMS)

    UTA MAKURA (PILLOW POEMS)

    UTA MAKURA (PILLOW POEMS)

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    In 10th. Century Japan, Sei Shonagon, lady-in-waiting to the Empress, wrote of the goings-on at the Japanese court. Fearing vengeance, she hid these...

    UTA MAKURA (PILLOW POEMS)
  • 2017
    DizzyMess

    DizzyMess

    DizzyMess

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    Statues of dictators fall in the wind of history, a very pissed off Silvana Mangano is surrounded by scenes involving Charlie Chaplin or Harold...

    DizzyMess
  • 1996
    Public Domain

    Public Domain

    Public Domain

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    Brooklyn boxers and boucing balls.Catalan dancers and Provençals dogs. The Douro, the Danube, Biarritz, Brazil. In super 8 colours and black...

    Public Domain
  • 2018
    Hiatus

    Hiatus

    Hiatus

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    A fragmented tribute to Ukranian-Brazilian novelist and fashion journalist Clarice Lispector that interrogates the idea of 'in-betweenness', the...

    Hiatus
  • 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
  • 1997
    American International Pictures

    American International Pictures

    American International Pictures

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    Absorb these images, “breathing slowly, quietly, and very calmly. Sinking softly, silently…” Drift into a relaxing reverie.

    American International Pictures
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2019
    Unsound

    Unsound

    Unsound

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    A Russian can say, “I hear the smell…” A maestro has a vision of what a symphony should sound like. In a silent film how can one...

    Unsound
  • 2007
    Telepattes

    Telepattes

    Telepattes

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    A felinosophy of life.

    Telepattes
  • 2008
    Fone Fur Follies

    Fone Fur Follies

    Fone Fur Follies

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    Fone Fur Follies is the English version of Télépattes.

    Fone Fur Follies
  • 2011
    Wherever Was Never There

    Wherever Was Never There

    Wherever Was Never There

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    An intimate film made on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Vivian Ostrovsky's father, Rehor Ostrovsky’s death. The film is pasted...

    Wherever Was Never There
  • 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