Sasha Litvintseva

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]

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

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. "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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