Document / UK premiere

Boris Ryzhy

  • Aliona Van der Horst /
  • Netherlands /
  • 2008 /
  • 60 mins

A poet’s work brought to life.

Aliona Van der Horst

Aliona van der Horst is of Dutch/Russian origin and read Russian Literature in Amsterdam before studying film at the Dutch Film and Television Academy. She began her career in 1997 with The Lady with the White Hat and since then has received multiple awards, among them the Special Jury Prize at the Tribeca Film Festival for Voices of Bam. Earlier this year, she received the Dutch Directors Guild award of Best Directing Achievement for Boris Ryzhy.

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  • #1 DIANA VIRGINIA TODEA / Friday 26 June, 2009 / 16:28 GMT

    It was a nice movie, melancholic and with a documentary approach. I liked the way Van der Horst captured the images of the people surrounding the poet Boris Ryzhy. It lead me to a mysterious and yet untouched sympathy of his work and life, brought back memories from post-communist countries and Russia too. Still I felt it left pieces of his life undiscovered, mystifying him even more in the eyes of the public, who probably never heard of the poet. However, a lyrical movie with a nice quality of images.

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