About Him or How He Did Not Fear the Bear
A film in search of the motives behind and the response to the nightly killer-spree by a Russian lone wolf, slaughtering an entire Armenian family.
112'
Armenia
IFFR 2019
Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi built up their impressive, highly praised and original joint oeuvre over a period of 40 years. Their work dissects found footage and makes connections between modernity and 20th-century imperialist violence.
For example, in 2018 IFFR screened their beautiful installation Journey to Russia. This consisted of a watercolour scroll by Ricci Lucchi (who studied under painter Oskar Kokoschka) and six video projections – a record of their search for the survivors of the Russian avant-garde during the period when the Soviet Union was disintegrating. Ricci Lucchi passed away shortly after this and Gianikian started making this film.
This poignant homage is compiled from Ricci Lucchi's illustrated diaries and personal film/video reports capturing the lives of the couple in Northern Italy and their travels, such as to Armenia with actor Walter Chiari. This personal record proves Gianikian is continuing their lives’ work of 'cinematic excavation'.
Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi
IFFR 2019
Programme IFFR 2019
Familiar faces from the world of film: new work from established filmmakers, auteurs and festival veterans.
Read more about this programmeA film in search of the motives behind and the response to the nightly killer-spree by a Russian lone wolf, slaughtering an entire Armenian family.
112'
Armenia
IFFR 2019
Essayist road movie on the relation between England's Manchester and philosopher Friedrich Engels, founder of communism. Are his ideas still alive?
67'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2019
Personal, moving account of Yervant Gianikian’s life and work with Angela Ricci Lucchi, until her recent death.
125'
Italy
IFFR 2019