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By Vivian Ostrovsky
Edit: Vivian Ostrovsky, François Sculier
Original soundtrack: Nicolas Frize

Jet Lag Prod 1996
13’, 16mm, b/w & clr
Screening formats: 16mm – Digital file –DCP
French with English subtitles

A freewheeling caper involving Brooklyn boxers and bouncing balls, Catalan dancers and Provençal dogs.
The Douro, the Danube, Biarritz, and Brazil are captured on legendary Kodachrome 40 super 8 film that is gone forever.
Nicolas Frize’s soundtrack uses voices from his own archives, remixed in ‘Frize-frame’ style.

By Vivian Ostrovsky
Edit, Sound Edit: Vivian Ostrovsky, François Sculier

Jet Lag Prod 1995
20′, 16mm, b/w & clr
Screening formats: 16mm – Digital file

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 secret notes in her pillow. UTA MAKURA is also a collection of humorous observations on modern-day Japan ranging from waterfalls to shopping malls, from kids in kimonos to fresh makimonos, from ancient wisteria to teen- age hysteria, from homemade noodles to live painted poodles.

By Vivian Ostrovsky
Edit, Sound edit: Vivian Ostrovsky, François Sculier
Super8 images: Vivian Ostrovsky
16 mm images: Nurith Aviv

Jet Lag Prod 1992
45′, 16mm, b/w & clr
Screening formats: 16mm – Digital file
Subtitles: English

35′, 16mm, b/w & clr
Screening formats: Digital file
French

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 performances. M.M. attempts to translate Monnier’s essence, style and humor into cinematic terms using fragmentary, episodic and impressionistic images that capture the defining traits of her modus operandi.

By Vivian Ostrovsky
Edit, Sound edit : Vivian Ostrovsky, François Sculier

Jet Lag Prod 1988
15′, 16mm, b/w & clr
Screening formats: 16mm – Digital file – DCP

A humorous observation of humans’ and animals’ table manners as they gulp down breakfasts, lunches, cocktails and dinners in a variety of situations.
Ostrovsky uses her filmic diary and travelogue to cast her curious characters.

By Vivian Ostrovsky
Edit: Vivian Ostrovsky, Jean Pecheux
Sound edit: Patrick Genêt

Jet Lag Prod 1987
12′, 16mm, b/w & clr
Screening formats : 16mm – Digital file – DCP

Sarah and Paul leave their native California once a year to eat their way through France. They test the Michelin guide’s recommendations for three-star restaurants (the top rating) and between meals still have time to do some wine tasting at the best cellars. The filmmaker follows them around in a second car.

By Vivian Ostrovsky
Edit, Sound edit : Vivian Ostrovsky, Marie-Catherine Miqueau

Jet Lag Prod 1985
14′, 16mm, b/w & clr
Screening formats : 16mm – Digital file

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 parents, raised in Brazil and educated in France.
As a result, the film is a cultural cocktail shot on super 8 in Moscow, New York, Milan, Berlin and Paris.

By Vivian Ostrovsky
Edit: Vivian Ostrovsky, Gisèle Meichler
Sound edit: Vivian Ostrovsky, Patrick Genêt

Jet Lag Prod 1984
12’, 16mm, b/w & clr
Screening Formats : 16mm – Digital file – DCP

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 and cats. Playful sounds and a whacky collage of music make up the soundtrack.

By Vivian Ostrovsky

Edit: Vivian Ostrovsky, Gisèle Meichler
Sound edit: Vivian Ostrovsky, Patrick Genêt

Jet Lag Prod 1983
10′, 16mm, b/w & clr
Screening Formats : 16mm – Digital file – DCP

A humorous glimpse at what happens every morning on the wavy sidewalks of Copacabana beach.
Physical fitness Brazilian style, with a dash of soccer and hints of Carmen Miranda.

By: Vivian Ostrovsky
Edit: Vivian Ostrovsky, Gisèle Meichler
Sound edit: Vivian Ostrovky, Patrick Genêt

Jet Lag Prod 1982
8’, 16mm, b/w & clr
Screening Formats: 16mm – Digital file – DCP

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 tribal chants, opera arias, and an occasional samba make up the sound track of this “hand-held” diary.

Dir: Vivian Ostrovsky, Nicole Deschaumes, Evelyne Ragot, Olivier Guiton, Jérôme de Missolz, Philippe Grandrieux

Soft Ware Productions 1980
67’, 16mm, b/w & clr
Beta SP PAL – Digital file

This film was shot in 1979, when there were very few documentaries made on the realm of haute couture.
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 such as Jerry Hall and Ines de la Fressange prepare to be catapulted on the catwalk; hairdressers, photographers and a whole armada of people prepare the show.
The 10 designers are: Issey Miyake, Karl Lagerfeld, Angelo Tarlazzi, Tan Giudicelli, Jean-Paul Gaulthier, Marithé and François Girbaud, France Andrévie, Claude Montana, Kenzo, and Thierry Mugler.
Nostalgia for the fashionistas.