The duo of Anzhela Trofimova and Dmitry Trofimov was formed in Tashkent in the late 1980s in a local amateur film club that used the Soviet production system for experimental filmmaking. In the 1990s the artists moved to Moscow. Although their work was close in spirit to the Moscow post-conceptual “parallel cinema”, they were never fully embraced by the movement, and stylistically always stood apart. Their practice is much closer to the avant-garde film practices of the 1920s, along with the visionary experiments of the American post-war film underground. Another notable influence was Derek Jarman's 8mm films. Despite the incredible stylistic diversity and the aesthetic uniqueness of these films (at least for post-Soviet cinema), the names of Anzhela Trofimova and Dmitry Trofimov remain practically unknown internationally. This retrospective, posthumous for Dmitry Trofimov, will feature the entire spectrum of their works: from black-and-white and color films of the 1990s to digital experiments carried out in the new millennium. After the screening, a discussion will be held with the participation of Angelica Ashikhmina and the curator of the program Alexey Artamonov.
Venue: Uzbekistan Pavilion
