Alexander Kviria Film-maker
mail@alexanderkviria.com | CV | content & design (c) A. Kviria 2009-2011
Gorelovka – Episodes from the Life of a Disappearing Community
documentary, Georgia-UK, 2010, HDV, 48 min / trailer on IMDb and YouTube
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The village of
Gorelovka is located in Southern
Georgia. Doukhobors (Spirit-wrestlers),
a group of Russian religious dissidents,
founded it in the mid 19th century.
Because of their anarchist and pacifist
beliefs, the Doukhobors were banished
from Russia by Tsar Nicholas I. They
managed to keep their identity and
traditions throughout the Soviet period.
However, under political and economical
pressure, many Doukhobors have now left
Georgia and their heritage is
disappearing with the last inhabitants. Kaunas International Film Festival 2010 – selection Tbilisi International Film Festival 2010 – selection Wales One World Film Festival 2011 – selection goEast Film Festival 2011, Wiesbaden – Federal Foreign Office Award winner Kish International Film Festival 2011 – in competition London International Documentary Festival 2011 – in competition Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2011 – selection GoEast Festival ("Remembrance and Future" Award) – festival on tour Jula Festival 2011 – selection dokumentART 2011 (Szczecin/Neubrandenburg) – selection Les Ecrans Documentaires 2011 – in competition ArtDocFest 2011 – in competition |
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An old
woman's telling of her lifelong passion for cactuses leads to memories
of her early deportation to Kazakhstan by the Soviet regime.
The village of Gorelovka is located in Southern Georgia. It was founded
in mid 19th century by Dukhobors, a group of Russian religious
dissidents banished by Nicholas I. They managed to keep their identity
and traditions throughout the Soviet period. However, under political
and economical pressure, many Dukhobors have now left Georgia and the
heritage is disappearing with the last inhabitants.
A weekend of video and
performance art from Nordic countries at the Courtauld Institute and
Somerset House, London, 20-22 October 2006
Cactus Flower (trailer)
documentary, Georgia, 2000, Beta, 15 min
Gorelovka (research material)
footage for documentary project
Cold Cold Heart (trailer)
performance art shooting, UK, 2006, DV, 10 min
The Story of A Little Soldier (trailer)
short movie, Russia, 2005, 35mm, 19 min
Anton is sent off to war, deprived from his hair and abandoned by his beloved. Back from the front, he looks for his hair and for revenge.
Cortopotere Short Film Festival 2007 - Best Experimental Film
Festival of Nations (Ebensee) 2007 - diploma
Cottbus Film Festival 2006 - selection
Cork Film Festival 2006 - selection
Moscow CinePhantom Festival 2005 - selection
Pile & Face
documentary, France, 2009, HDV, 7 min
Film on Marseille 2009 Carnival, coproduced with la Compagnie d'ici, on an invitation by Marseille City Hall
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Eat A Grey Save the Red
documentary, UK, 2008, HDV, 4 min
produced by Storymakers TV (www.storymakers-tv.com)
Lunchtime
video art, UK, 2008, DV, 1 min
Steven
documentary, UK, 2008, HDV, 6 min
An introduction to the life of Steven. One of adventure and adversity, and, maybe, of normality.
Wood Green International Short Film Festival 2009 - selection
British Shorts Film Festival Berlin 2009 - selection
Moscow Perspektiva Film Festival 2010 - selection
Bedtime Stories
documentary, UK, 2007, DV, 3 min
"With its strong triptych structure and good underlying narrative this
film, which starts out as a bit of a mystery, develops well. The
shooting is fine and the edit is good." (Channel 4 editor's comment)
DOOM
video art, UK, 2007, DV, 5 min
Every second counts.
Exploding Cinema, London, 2008 - screening
"Pusto" Video Art Festival, Moscow, 2007 - selection