Vivian Ostrovsky
Vivian Ostrovsky (born on November 17th 1945 in New York, United States) is an experimental filmmaker and curator. Despite being born in New York, Ostrovsky spent most of her childhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and did her secondary studies there. She then pursued her studies in psychology and film at the Sorbonne University in Paris. She began working for Ciné-Femmes, a group which fought for feminism and its recognition. In 1980, she became a filmmaker and abandoned her career as an activist. She organized a number of festivals, one of them being Jerusalem.
Ostrovsky’s films explore the theme of transit and she situates herself after French filmmaker and critic, Yann Beauvais between the “journal film” and the “collage film”.
Acting
Movie
Mansfield K.
1988
Movie
Nikita Kino
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2003
Movie
CORrespondência e REcorDAÇÕES
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2013
Movie
Plunge
Movie
Laure
1984
Movie
Kleist
1993
Movie
Été
1991
Movie
Passages
1998
Movie
But Elsewhere Is Always Better
as Self (voice)
2016
Movie
Cinexpérimentaux #3: Vivian Ostrovsky
as Herself
2001
Movie
Portraits / Mirrors
1984
Movie
Elizabeth Bishop: From Brazil with Love
as Narrator (voice)
2025
Movie
V.O por F.P
as Self
2026
Movie
Hiatus
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2018
Movie
Son chant
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Crew
Movie
P.W. – Paintbrushes and Panels
Director
2008
Movie
Ice/Sea
Director
2005
Movie
Work and Progress
Cinematography
1999
Movie
Nikita Kino
Director
2003
Movie
U.S.S.A.
Director
1985
Movie
Movie
Director
1982
Movie
Uta Makura (Pillow Poems)
Director
1995
Movie
CORrespondência e REcorDAÇÕES
Director
2013
Movie
Son chant
Director
2021
Movie
A Skitsch
Director
2012
Movie
Plunge
Director
Movie
But Elsewhere Is Always Better
Director
2016