Yervant Gianikian

In 1975, Yervant Gianikian, an architect of Armenian origin, met Ricci Lucchi, who had studied painting in Austria with Oskar Kokoschka. In the 70s they made several experimental short films, and from the eighties they consolidated their research and work method with titles like Dal Polo al Ecuatore (1986), Hombres, Años, Vida (1990), Priggionieri di Guerra (1995), Inventario balcánico (2000) and Oh Uomo (2005). In 2013 they presented Pays Barbare, the last film before Ricci Lucchi’s death in 2018. Retrospecitves of her work have been shown at numerous festivals and centres, including MoMA, the Cinémathèque in Paris and MNCARS. The two chapters he has made so far of I diari di Angela - Noi due cineasti premiered in Venice.

Festival de Cine de Sevilla