Vivian Ostrovsky Movies

  • 1993
    Kleist

    Kleist

    Kleist

    01993HD

    Readings. Heinrich von Kleist / Robert Walser. Contiguous. They talk about imagination. Walser imagines Kleist, Kleist nobody, but Penthesilea. In...

    Kleist
  • 1999
    Work and Progress

    Work and Progress

    Work and Progress

    01999HD

    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...

    Work and Progress
  • 2015
    Son chant

    Son chant

    Son chant

    02015HD

    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
  • 1998
    Passages

    Passages

    Passages

    01998HD

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

    Passages
  • 1983
    Copacabana Beach

    Copacabana Beach

    Copacabana Beach

    01983HD

    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
  • 2001
    Cinexpérimentaux #3: Vivian Ostrovsky

    Cinexpérimentaux #3: Vivian Ostrovsky

    Cinexpérimentaux #3: Vivian Ostrovsky

    02001HD

    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

    02009HD

    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
  • 1987
    ***

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    ***

    01987HD

    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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  • 2019
    Unsound

    Unsound

    Unsound

    02019HD

    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
  • 1988
    Mansfield K.

    Mansfield K.

    Mansfield K.

    91988HD

    "Readings. A place. Purity of lines. Fine angles. Dominance of whites and blues. Fragility of tapered glasses." A visual evocation of the writing of...

    Mansfield K.
  • 1984
    Portraits / Mirrors

    Portraits / Mirrors

    Portraits / Mirrors

    01984HD

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

    Portraits / Mirrors
  • 2008
    Fone Fur Follies

    Fone Fur Follies

    Fone Fur Follies

    02008HD

    Fone Fur Follies is the English version of Télépattes.

    Fone Fur Follies
  • 1985
    U.S.S.A.

    U.S.S.A.

    U.S.S.A.

    01985HD

    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...

    U.S.S.A.
  • 2023
    Anna Bella Geiger

    Anna Bella Geiger

    Anna Bella Geiger

    02023HD

    Anna Bella Geiger
  • 1992
    M.M. In Motion

    M.M. In Motion

    M.M. In Motion

    01992HD

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

    M.M. In Motion
  • 1984
    Laure

    Laure

    Laure

    01984HD

    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