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
Greek filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos died on 24 January 2012. He was hit by a motorbike on the set of his uncompleted film about migration and the victims of the economic crisis, meaning that the film got stuck between dream and reality. No ambulance arrived to save the director: the crisis meant none were available.
French filmmaker Elodie Lélu’s position in this fictional documentary, which she shot in the style of her mentor, is that the crisis murdered Theo. She was his friend, worked on his final film and made this intimate ode to his life and work. This cinematic letter seamlessly combines excerpts from Angelopoulos' films with images of contemporary Greece. It is blatantly clear that, five years on from Angelopoulos' death, his uncompleted film’s themes have only become more relevant.
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