Private Project

Gravitation: Variation in Time and Space

Gravitation is a synergy of dance and cinema. It is shot entirely in slow motion and features Diana Vishneva, principal dancer of the Mariinsky Ballet and the American Ballet Theater.
The film is the story of creation, inner struggle and transformation. Calligraphic black and white images are rich in metaphors exploring the notions of time and space, movement and light.

  • Andrei Severny
    Director
    Condition, Teaching to See, Tom On Mars, Disparait, v
  • Rem Khass
    Writer
  • Andrei Severny
    Writer
    Condition, Tom On Mars
  • Rem Khass
    Producer
  • Diana Vishneva
    Key Cast
    Ballerina
  • Steve Romano
    Cinematographer
    Two Days in New York, The Girl
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    October 15, 2015
  • Production Budget:
    100,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Russian Federation
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Phantom Flex 4k
  • Aspect Ratio:
    8:3
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Marfa Film Festival
    Marfa, TX
    October 16, 2015
    World Premiere
  • New York Independent Film Festival (preview screening)
    New York, NY
    October 14, 2015
    Preview Screening
  • Houston Cinema Arts Festival
    Houston, TX
    November 13, 2015
    Houston Premiere
  • Montelupo Film Festival
    Montelupo, Italy
    October 18, 2015
    Italian Premiere
Director Biography - Andrei Severny

Andrei Severny is a filmmaker, photographer and video artist. Maintaining a strong and recognizable visual style, his works operate on multiple levels engaging both intuition and intellect. His stories seamlessly integrate scientific analysis and reveal Severny’s vision of the future. In his quest to show the inner world he engages both reality and abstraction. Severny’s narrative and documentary films explore human perception, psychology, neuroscience. Since 2007 Severny collaborates with Edward Tufte, a world renown master of analytical design, producer of Severny’s documentary Teaching to See. Andrei Severny’s first feature-length film CONDITION was produced by the fierce independent filmmaker Amir Naderi and premiered at the 29th Torino Film Festival, Italy. Severny was born in 1977 in Moscow, Russia into a family of astronomers. Since 2004 he lives and works in New York City.

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