Saodat Ismailova Her Right

2020, 14 min
Her Right (the title inspired by a silent film directed by G.Cherniak, 1931, Uzbekkino) is film that brings back a political campaign that took under Communist Party – Hujum (Attack) to emancipate and unveil women in Uzbekistan.
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Saodat Ismailova is an Uzbek filmmaker and artist graduated from Tashkent State Art Institute in Uzbekistan and Le Fresnoy, National Studio of Contemporary Arts in France. Departing from a documentary practice, her films are rhythmed by historical and mythical temporalities, weaving non-linear, dreamlike narratives with and alongside ancestral knowledge.
Her films and video installations were presented in Biennale of Venice, Berlinale IFF, Rotterdam IFF, CPH DOX etc. Works of Saodat Ismailova are in collection of Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Centre Pompidou, Paris and Almaty Museum of Arts, Kazakhstan and private collections. In 2022, she the Eye Art & Film Prize (Amsterdam) for her oeuvre, in which she devotes attention to the complex, layered culture of her motherland.
This programme is made in collaboration with LUCA School of Arts and DocNomads.