UTA MAKURA (Pillow Poems)
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.
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ScreeningsCentre Pompidou, Paris, France, December 2006
Dokumentarfilm Festival, Munchen, Germany, May 2000
Festival international du cinema francophone en Acadie, Moncton, Nouveau Brunswick, Canada, September 1997
Traces de Vie, Clermont-Ferrand, France, November 1996
Traces de vie, Clermont Ferrand, France, October 1996
Internationales frauenfilmfestival, Köln, Germany, October 1996
Silence, elles tournent, Montréal, Canada, October 1996
Curtas, Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 1996
Image Forum Festival, Tokyo, Japan, April 1996
Festival du Reel, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, March 1996
3° festival internazionale cinema delle donne, Torino, Italy, 1996
International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands, January 1996
Independant short film and video awards, Hong Kong, 1996
Afea, Avignon, France, January 1996
London Film Festival, London, UK, November 1995
Berliner FilmkunstHaus, Germany, November 1995
Internationales film Luzern, Switzerland, October 1995
Toronto Film festival, Toronto, Canada, September 1995
MoMA, “Experimental shorts Dissolution/6 solutions 1990-1995”, New York , USA, April 1995
Oberhausen Film Festival, Germany, April 1995