ALEXANDER PAVLOVITCH LOBANOV

resumé

Deaf-and-dumb, Alexandre Pavlovitch Lobanovhas been confined to a mental hospital in Russia for the last fifty years.
After a period of revolt, he retreated into absolute silence while developing an exceptional pictorial production.
Portrait of a creator of Art Brut.

technical description

formatdigital beta & 35mm / length 7 minutes / language french - english - russian / direction Bruno Decharme / edit Roselyne Petit c/o GLPIPA / image treatment Jola Kudela c/o Sparx / graphic design Benjamin Rossignol c/o the Dynamo of Saint-Cloud / musical research Matthieu Jorrot / music "blue" by Michael Galasso, from "in the mood for love" / with the help of Trafic Production - Vladimir Gavrilov - INYE - Barbara Safarova / production abcd 2001

broadcast

festival of Clermont-Ferrand (February 2002)
festival du cinéma du réel
centre Georges Pompidou (March 2002)
award : special award discerned
by the Ministery of Foreign Affairs
rétrospective : ciné alternative (March 2002)
canal + and affiliated channels (2002)
Ministery of Foreign Affairs, Paris
High Museum of Art, Atlanta
American Folk Art Museum, New York
Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne
American universities tour (September 2002) :
Egyptian Theater of American Library, Los Angeles
Norman University, Oklahoma
New York University, New York
Columbia University, New York
Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York
International Festival of French-speaking Cinema in Acadia (September 2002)
rencontres de la Villette (October 2002)
fenêtre sur courts, festival of Dijon (December 2002)
Institut Français, London (March 7th 2003)
Le printemps des poêtes, Charleville-Mézières (March 11th 2003)
Festival International du Film sur l’Art (FIFA) Montréal (March 13th to March 23th 2003). Special award dicerned by the jury : "prix spécial du jury".