Melanie Shatzky
Melanie SHATZKY (1976, Canada) and Brian M. Cassidy are collaborative artists working at the intersection of documentary and narrative cinema. Their films have screened at many film festivals and arts venues including, Sundance, Berlin, Toronto, IFFR, Locarno, the New York Museum of Modern Art, le Musée de la Civilisation, ICA London and the Rio de Janeiro Museum of Modern Art. Their first feature-length fiction film Francine (2012), was selected as a New York Times Critic’s Pick. A Man Imagined (2024) is officially selected for IFFR 2024.
Filmography
The Delaware Project (2007, short, co-dir), God Provides (2007, short doc, co-dir), The Patron Saints (2011, doc, co-dir), Francine (2012, co-dir), Animals Under Anaesthesia: Speculations on the Dreamlife of Beasts (2018, short, co-dir), Interchange (2018, short), A Man Imagined (2024, short doc, co-dir)
Melanie Shatzky op IFFR
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A Man Imagined
Melanie Shatzky, Brian M. Cassidy | 62' | Canada | World premiere
A tender and enduring glimpse into Lloyd’s life on the margins of society. -
The Delaware Project
Melanie Shatzky, Brian M. Cassidy | 15' | Canada | World premiere
A young woman can’t make any contact with the world around her. The world changes at high speed. -
God Provides
Brian M. Cassidy, Melanie Shatzky | 9' | Canada | International premiere
A documentary shot soon after ‘Katrina’ with fictional elements in which the protagonists think that God had a hand in the misery as well as… -
The Patron Saints
Melanie Shatzky, Brian M. Cassidy | 72' | Canada | International premiere
Disturbing portrait of life in a nursing home. A handicapped resident shares his experiences in an openhearted and occasionally funny way. Thanks to t -