Vivian Ostrovsky Movies

  • 1996
    Public Domain

    Public Domain

    Public Domain

    01996HD

    Brooklyn boxers and boucing balls.Catalan dancers and Provençals dogs. The Douro, the Danube, Biarritz, Brazil. In super 8 colours and black...

    Public Domain
  • 2015
    Losing the Thread

    Losing the Thread

    Losing the Thread

    02015HD

    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
  • 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
  • 2017
    DizzyMess

    DizzyMess

    DizzyMess

    02017HD

    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
  • 1991
    Été

    Été

    Été

    01991HD

    The voices say a story. forget it. Of what time. And who speaks. Both of them. One or the other. later. Others may be. Of chance. Which would...

    Été
  • 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
  • 2018
    Hiatus

    Hiatus

    Hiatus

    02018HD

    A fragmented tribute to Ukranian-Brazilian novelist and fashion journalist Clarice Lispector that interrogates the idea of 'in-betweenness', the...

    Hiatus
  • 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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  • 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
  • 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
  • 2012
    A Skitsch

    A Skitsch

    A Skitsch

    02012HD

    "A sketch on skis - in memory of my father, an urban snowman [...] December 2012"

    A Skitsch
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1970
    Elizabeth Bishop: From Brazil with Love

    Elizabeth Bishop: From Brazil with Love

    Elizabeth Bishop: From Brazil with Love

    01970HD

    Elizabeth Bishop: From Brazil with Love
  • 2023
    Anna Bella Geiger

    Anna Bella Geiger

    Anna Bella Geiger

    02023HD

    Anna Bella Geiger
  • 2011
    Wherever Was Never There

    Wherever Was Never There

    Wherever Was Never There

    02011HD

    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
  • 1988
    Eat

    Eat

    Eat

    01988HD

    An observation of humans' and animals' table manners as they gulp down breakfasts, lunches, cocktails and dinners in a variety of situations.

    Eat