Sasha Litvintseva

Sasha Litvintseva
Born1989
Russia
Alma materSlade School of Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London
Occupation(s)Artist, filmmaker, author
Years active2013–present
Notable workGeological Filmmaking (2022 book)
Constant (2022 film)
A Demonstration (2020 film)

Sasha Litvintseva is an artist, filmmaker and author, based in London.[1][2] She is known for her films Constant, A Demonstration, and her book Geological Filmmaking.[3][4]

Early life and education

Sasha graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art in 2012 and holds a PhD in Media, Communications and Cultural Studies from Goldsmiths, University of London.[5]

Career

In 2014, Sasha's first short Alluvion, premiered at Aesthetica Short Film Festival.[6] In 2015, her short Evergreen, premiered at Festival du nouveau cinéma and screened at Alchemy Film & Moving Image Festival and Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, and her short Immortality, home and elsewhere, premiered at Ann Arbor Film Festival and screened at Edinburgh International Film Festival and Chicago Underground Film Festival.[7][8] In 2016, her short Exile Exotic, premiered at Cinéma du Réel and later screened at Venice Biennale of Architecture.[9]

In 2016, She co-directed the documentary Asbestos, along with Graeme Arnfield, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and screened at the Berlinische Galerie and the Smart Museum of Art.[10] In 2017, she co-directed Salarium, along with Daniel Mann, premiered at Cinéma du Réel and screened at the Institute of Contemporary Arts and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.[11] These films were part of her project on Geological Filmmaking, which has been published as a book by Open Humanities Press in 2022.[12]

In 2020, Sasha co-directed A Demonstration, along with her long-term collaborator Beny Wagner, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and screened at the Museum of the Moving Image and the Vancouver International Film Festival.[13] In 2022, she and Wagner released their second film Constant, which premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and screened at CPH:DOX and the Open City Documentary Festival.[14] Their newest film My Want of You Partakes of Me, screened at Tate Modern in November 2023 and will be exhibited as a two channel installation at the Sonic Acts Biennale 2024.[15][16]

Filmography

Publications

  • 2022 – Geological Filmmaking[12]
  • 2021 – All Thoughts Fly: Monster, Taxonomy, Film (co-written with Beny Wagner)[17]

Awards and nominations

Year Result Award Category Work Ref.
2023 Won Academia Film Olomouc Best Film Constant [18]
2022 Won Guanajuato International Film Festival Best Documentary Short Film [19]
Won IndieLisboa Best Short Film [20]
Nominated International Film Festival Rotterdam Ammodo Tiger Shorts Award [14]
Nominated CPH:DOX New Vision Award
2021 Nominated La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival Prix Nouvelles Vagues Acuitis A Demonstration [21]
2020 Nominated Berlin International Film Festival Best Short Film [22]
2018 Nominated Montreal International Documentary Festival International Short Salarium [23]
Won Cinéma du Réel Original Music Award [24]
2016 Nominated Short Film Award Exile Exotic
2015 Nominated Edinburgh International Film Festival Best Short Film Immortality, Home and Elsewhere [25]

References

  1. ^ "What a Film Can and Can't Do: Sasha Litvintseva and Beny Wagner Interviewed by Jussi Parikka". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  2. ^ "Dr Sasha Litvintseva". qmul.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  3. ^ "Constant". film-directory.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  4. ^ "Geological Filmmaking". film-oeaw.ac.at. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  5. ^ "Here are some profiles of our current PhD students". gold.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  6. ^ "Aesthetica Short Film Festival". cinematicinvestigations.com. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  7. ^ "Alchemy Film & Moving Image Festival" (PDF). alchemyfilmandarts.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  8. ^ "2015 Chicago Underground Film Festival: Official Lineup". undergroundfilmjournal.com. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  9. ^ "Sasha Litvintseva". iffr.com. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  10. ^ "The IBB video Space at Berlinische Galerie" (PDF). berlinischegalerie.de. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  11. ^ "salarium+discussion". ica.art. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  12. ^ a b "Geological Filmmaking". openhumanitiespress.org. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  13. ^ "VIFF Announces 2020 Films for Altered States, Gateway, International Shorts and MODES". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  14. ^ a b "DIY Photogrammetry: Sasha Litvintseva and Beny Wagner on Constant". filmmakermagazine.com. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  15. ^ "This programme of artists' films invites us to reflect on the interplay of anatomy and cinema". tate.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  16. ^ "Exhibition". 2024.sonicacts.com. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  17. ^ "New book: All Thoughts Fly: Monster, Taxonomy, Film". southampton.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  18. ^ "Award-winning film screening AFO58: Constanta". afo.cz. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  19. ^ "GUANAJUATO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL". german-films.de. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  20. ^ "THESE ARE THE WINNING NAMES OF INDIELISBOA 2022". indielisboa.com. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  21. ^ "A DEMONSTRATION (2021)". fif-85.com. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  22. ^ "The Best Short Films of Berlinale 2020". directorsnotes.com. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  23. ^ "The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) announces its 2018 program". filmfestivals.com. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  24. ^ "CINÉMA DU RÉEL 2018 Awards". cineuropa.org. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  25. ^ "EIFF-2015". eyeforfilm.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-05.