Sasha Litvintseva
Litvintseva in Berlin, 2020
Born1989
Russia
Alma materSlade School of Fine Art
Occupation(s)Artist, filmmaker, author
Years active2013–present

Sasha Litvintseva is an artist, filmmaker and author, based in London.[1][2] She is known for her films Constant, A Demonstration, and Salarium.[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 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.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9] They are currently working on the feature film My Want of You Partakes of Me, a final film in their trilogy.[10]

Filmography

Publications

  • 2022 – Geological Filmmaking
  • 2021 – All Thoughts Fly: Monster, Taxonomy, Film (co-written with Beny Wagner)[11]

Awards and nominations

Year Result Award Category Work Ref.
2022 Won Guanajuato International Film Festival Best Documentary Short Film Constant [12]
Nominated International Film Festival Rotterdam Ammodo Tiger Shorts Award [9]
Nominated CPH:DOX New Vision Award
2021 Nominated La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival Prix Nouvelles Vagues Acuitis A Demonstration [13]
2020 Nominated Berlin International Film Festival Best Short Film [14]
2018 Nominated Montreal International Documentary Festival International Short Salarium [15]
Won Cinéma du Réel Original Music Award [16]
2016 Nominated Short Film Award Exile Exotic
2015 Nominated Edinburgh International Film Festival Best Short Film Immortality, Home and Elsewhere [17]

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. ↑ "Salarium + Discussion". film-ica.art. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  5. ↑ "Here are some profiles of our current PhD students". gold.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  6. ↑ "The IBB video Space at Berlinische Galerie" (PDF). berlinischegalerie.de. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  7. ↑ "salarium+discussion". ica.art. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  8. ↑ "VIFF Announces 2020 Films for Altered States, Gateway, International Shorts and MODES". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  9. 1 2 "DIY Photogrammetry: Sasha Litvintseva and Beny Wagner on Constant". filmmakermagazine.com. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  10. ↑ "Talk by Sasha Litvintseva and Beny Wagner: My Want of You Partakes of Me". recntr.nl. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  11. ↑ "New book: All Thoughts Fly: Monster, Taxonomy, Film". southampton.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  12. ↑ "GUANAJUATO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL". german-films.de. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  13. ↑ "A DEMONSTRATION (2021)". fif-85.com. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  14. ↑ "The Best Short Films of Berlinale 2020". directorsnotes.com. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  15. ↑ "The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) announces its 2018 program". filmfestivals.com. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  16. ↑ "CINÉMA DU RÉEL 2018 Awards". cineuropa.org. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  17. ↑ "EIFF-2015". eyeforfilm.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
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