Nick Ostrovskis
Directing
Known For
Various tableaux of Melbourne in 1989, as experienced by the film-maker.
Melbourne '89
The Writer prepares to shut off from the world; The Lover accepts the rejection of his love; The Cynic espouses the virtues of distance. Winter is here.
Winter
super 8 short by Nick Ostrovskis
Family Album
Experimental silent short shot on super 8, depicting scenes from 1980s Melbourne suburbia played back in slow-motion at four frames per second
Backyard
super 8 short by Nick Ostrovskis
Flower Animation
Burlesque drawings, shapes, symbols, flowers, landscape, snowflake etchings and rich abstract colour fields in continuous kaleidoscopic collision; BRAIN SURGE is in rhythmic pursuit. Chris Knowles' post-systems music track drives the film's relentless zooming and spinning images on a journey, which like the most rewarding fairground rides, is an end in itself.
Brain Surge
A young woman deals with her boyfriend leaving her.
The Circle Turns
super 8 short
Spacetrips Somersaults Blue Dogs Blow Flies
16mm short film