Vivian Ostrovsky Movies

  • 1980
    Carolyn II

    Carolyn II

    Carolyn II

    01980HD

    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2008
    Fone Fur Follies

    Fone Fur Follies

    Fone Fur Follies

    02008HD

    Fone Fur Follies is the English version of Télépattes.

    Fone Fur Follies
  • 2016
    But Elsewhere Is Always Better

    But Elsewhere Is Always Better

    But Elsewhere Is Always Better

    02016HD

    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
  • 2013
    CORrespondência e REcorDAÇÕES

    CORrespondência e REcorDAÇÕES

    CORrespondência e REcorDAÇÕES

    82013HD

    Based on a correspondence between Brazilian artist Ione Saldanha and the filmmaker, this portrait was made for an exhibition at the MAM (Museum of...

    CORrespondência e REcorDAÇÕES
  • 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
  • 2005
    Ice/Sea

    Ice/Sea

    Ice/Sea

    02005HD

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

    Ice/Sea
  • 2003
    Nikita Kino

    Nikita Kino

    Nikita Kino

    02003HD

    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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 2007
    Telepattes

    Telepattes

    Telepattes

    02007HD

    A felinosophy of life.

    Telepattes
  • 2009
    Tatitude

    Tatitude

    Tatitude

    02009HD

    A delightful update of Jacques Tati’s classic Les Vacances de M. Hulot (Mr. Hulot’s Holidays). Seagulls squawk, waves crash and swimmers...

    Tatitude
  • 2023
    Anna Bella Geiger

    Anna Bella Geiger

    Anna Bella Geiger

    02023HD

    Anna Bella Geiger
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 2008
    P.W. – Paintbrushes and Panels

    P.W. – Paintbrushes and Panels

    P.W. – Paintbrushes and Panels

    6.52008HD

    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...

    P.W. – Paintbrushes and Panels
  • 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