Gevorg Galstian
Directing
Biography
Gevorg Galstian (b. 1993, Novorossiysk, Russia) is an artist working in film, video, and installation, as well as a film editor. He studied architecture in Moscow and later earned a Master’s degree at the Paris School of Architecture. Transitioning to cinema, he graduated from the Saint Petersburg School of New Cinema in the directing program and from the editing department at FAMU in Prague. His work focuses on experimental and documentary strategies to explore themes of intimacy, permanence, memory, and recollection, as well as the analysis of film language and semiotics. He works with Super 8 and 16mm film, self-developing and editing on a flatbed. He teaches film editing and conducts open workshops on film montage for students.
Known For
Ten perspectives on St. Petersburg at the beginning of 2024. Where does the “spirit of the city” still reside, here and now? Has it become nothing more than an empty tourist brand? Has it dissipated amid the bustle of the new century? Ten very different styles, methods, and genres combine in a cinematic suite that captures the pulse of Russia’s most deliberate city.
Pale Wind
The morning of 11-year-old Zakhar begins with the news of his grandfather's death. From that moment on, irreparable changes occur in him as well.
The Damp Ground
The classic sarcastic hit from West Side Story becomes increasingly distorted. Faces and clatter appear and over time all kinds of sound and image distortions, from hydrolysis to pixelation, become more and more intense and take over the entire image. But the more unbearable the cacophony becomes, the more coherent the whole thing becomes.
Projection
From emptiness, a geometric world unfolds, where figures and gestures become a system of signs. These symbols shape a map of space in which a person seeks to find their place.