Vivian Ostrovsky
Vivian Ostrovsky (born on November 17th 1945 in New York, United States) is an experimental filmmaker and curator. Despite being born in New York, Ostrovsky spent most of her childhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and did her secondary studies there. She then pursued her studies in psychology and film at the Sorbonne University in Paris. She began working for Ciné-Femmes, a group which fought for feminism and its recognition. In 1980, she became a filmmaker and abandoned her career as an activist. She organized a number of festivals, one of them being Jerusalem. Ostrovsky’s films explore the theme of transit and she situates herself after French filmmaker and critic, Yann Beauvais between the “journal film” and the “collage film”.
But Elsewhere Is Always Better
as Self (voice)A new short film by Vivian Ostrovsky remembering Chantal Akerman, beginning with their first...
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Passages
as uncreditedOriginally a text in fragments, more or less biographical, of different characters. Crossed...
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Nikita Kino
as Herself (voice)The film is a travelogue of sorts. Ostrovsky’s personal family footage meets the archives of...
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Laure
as uncreditedAn unknown writer written under the pseudonym of Laure at the beginning of the century....
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Mansfield K.
as uncredited"Readings. A place. Purity of lines. Fine angles. Dominance of whites and blues. Fragility of...
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Kleist
as uncreditedReadings. Heinrich von Kleist / Robert Walser. Contiguous. They talk about imagination. Walser...
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Portraits / Mirrors
as uncreditedA single-screen version of the Portraits / Mirrors multi-projection. Featuring portraits of:...
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Été
as uncreditedThe voices say a story. forget it. Of what time. And who speaks. Both of them. One or the...
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Cinexpérimentaux #3: Vivian Ostrovsky
as HerselfVivian Ostrovsky is a nomad film-maker, born in New York. Student in Brazil then in Paris, which...
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