Vivian Ostrovsky Movies

  • 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
  • 2008
    Fone Fur Follies

    Fone Fur Follies

    Fone Fur Follies

    02008HD

    Fone Fur Follies is the English version of Télépattes.

    Fone Fur Follies
  • 1984
    Allers-Venues

    Allers-Venues

    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...

    Allers-Venues
  • 1999
    Work and Progress

    Work and Progress

    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...

    Work and Progress
  • 2015
    Losing the Thread

    Losing the Thread

    Losing the Thread

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    "Super 8 reels of Paris catwalks I shot in 1979/1980 were supposed to become an experimental short meditation on couture culture. Its authority has...

    Losing the Thread
  • 1992
    M.M. in Motion

    M.M. in Motion

    M.M. in Motion

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    M.M. IN MOTION was four years in the making and draws upon Ostrovsky's filming of six Monnier choreographies (from 1988 to 1991) in rehearsals and...

    M.M. in Motion
  • 2009
    The Title Was Shot

    The Title Was Shot

    The Title Was Shot

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    The Title Was Shot was commissioned for a conference of film theoreticians in Berlin in 2009 entitled: The Cinematic Configurations of 'I' and 'We.'...

    The Title Was Shot
  • 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
  • 2025
    Elizabeth Bishop: From Brazil with Love

    Elizabeth Bishop: From Brazil with Love

    Elizabeth Bishop: From Brazil with Love

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    Elizabeth Bishop: From Brazil with Love
  • 1997
    American International Pictures

    American International Pictures

    American International Pictures

    01997HD

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

    American International Pictures
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 2008
    Don't Ring

    Don't Ring

    Don't Ring

    02008HD

    In this narrative, scenes from film classics by Antonioni, Truffaut and others have a common theme of phone calls, yet the telephone assumes another...

    Don't Ring
  • 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
  • 2023
    Anna Bella Geiger

    Anna Bella Geiger

    Anna Bella Geiger

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    Anna Bella Geiger
  • 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
  • 1987
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    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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  • 1985
    U.S.S.A.

    U.S.S.A.

    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...

    U.S.S.A.
  • 1980
    Top Ten Designers in Paris

    Top Ten Designers in Paris

    Top Ten Designers in Paris

    01980HD

    It was made by a group of filmmakers- three men and three women- just to catch a glimpse of a stylish milieu unknown to most. Enticing top models...

    Top Ten Designers in Paris