Movies
- 1985
U.S.S.A.
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USA + USSR = USSA. My film is about blurred boundaries, probably due to my own personal history. I was born in New York, to Russian and Czech...
- 2013
CORrespondência e REcorDAÇÕES
CORrespondência e REcorDAÇÕES82013HD
Based on a correspondence between Brazilian artist Ione Saldanha and the filmmaker, this portrait was made for an exhibition at the MAM (Museum of...
- 1983
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...
- 2009
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.
- 1996
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...
- 1998
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...
- 2005
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.
- 2012
A Skitsch
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"A sketch on skis - in memory of my father, an urban snowman [...] December 2012"
- 2018
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...
- 1999
Work and Progress
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A trip to Russia by two filmmakers in 1990, forms the bulk of this twin-screen projection, finished some 9 years later; Their super-8 footage mixed...
- 2009
Tatitude
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A delightful update of Jacques Tati’s classic Les Vacances de M. Hulot (Mr. Hulot’s Holidays). Seagulls squawk, waves crash and swimmers...
- 1984
Allers-Venues
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A month in the country. In summer, a group of friends rent a house in southern France. People come and go, making their way through chickens, dogs...
- 2003
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...
- 2019
Unsound
Unsound02019HD
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...
- 2015
Son chant
Son chant02015HD
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...
- 2015
Losing the Thread
Losing the Thread02015HD
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...
- 2008
P.W. – Paintbrushes and Panels
P.W. – Paintbrushes and Panels6.52008HD
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...
- 1970
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...
- 2016
But Elsewhere Is Always Better
But Elsewhere Is Always Better02016HD
A new short film by Vivian Ostrovsky remembering Chantal Akerman, beginning with their first meeting in the early 1970s. Using her own footage of...
- 1988
Mansfield K.
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"Readings. A place. Purity of lines. Fine angles. Dominance of whites and blues. Fragility of tapered glasses." A visual evocation of the writing of...