Arabesques on the Pirosmani Theme
A documentary film about the great ‘primitive’ painter Niko Pirosmani, a Georgian equivalent to Henri Rousseau, and a role model for Parajanov.
21'
Armenia
IFFR 2019
Art student Pica sees so many young black men in her neighbourhood die, often as a result of drug-related murders, that she decides to photograph them with her Polaroid camera while they are still around – like recording a species threatened by extinction. The violence – there’s also a mysterious serial killer active – comes scarily close when an innocent, good friend of hers becomes a victim.
Yet here in Drylongso (slang for 'ordinary,
See also Sojourner, Black Utopia LP and compilation programme Calling Planet Earth.
IFFR 2019
Programme IFFR 2019
Drawing upon cinematic memories: restored classics, films about film(makers), experimental works, installations and retrospectives.
Read more about this programmeA documentary film about the great ‘primitive’ painter Niko Pirosmani, a Georgian equivalent to Henri Rousseau, and a role model for Parajanov.
21'
Armenia
IFFR 2019
Portrait of a key figure from New York's underground film scene, a rising star who disappeared as fast as she appeared.
78'
USA
IFFR 2019
David Letterman’s ghostwriter indulges in a curious hobby: he collects industrial musicals on vinyl, and even revives this largely underrated genre.
87'
USA
IFFR 2019