Soviet Life – Zoya Cherkassky

  • Israel
  • Short
  • 2022
  • 30 min.
  • Director(s): Anat Schwartz
  • Producer(s): Anat Schwartz

Synopsis

The works of the Ukrainian born artist, Zoya Cherkassky, sell for tens of thousands of dollars, but their bright colors tell a story of immigration, survival, and alienation. “Soviet Life” accompanies her on an intimate journey from the studio in the immigrant Tel Aviv neighborhood where she has met her husband, a migrant worker from Nigeria, to her childhood in Kyiv, in search of her lost Ukrainian-Soviet childhood, in hope to find the one place in which she would feel at home. This film is part of “The Artists from Kyiv” duo.

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Credits

Director(s)

Anat Schwartz

Producer(s)

Anat Schwartz

Original Language

Russian, English, Hebrew

Subtitles

English

Festival Highlights

  • WINNER

    Best Short Film Award
    Israeli Documentary Forum Awards
    2022
  • WINNER

    Best Short Documentary on Art Award
    Master of Art Film Festival
    2023

Master of Art Film Festival, Bulgaria, 2023

On Art Film Festival, Poland, 2023

Berlin JFF, Germany, 2023

Doc Edge International Film Festival, New Zealand, 2023

Ethnografilm Paris, France, 2023