SILENT FILMS

British Film Institute's "Sight and Sound" magazine review:

"Nearly a century ago, the beauty of Ukraine was captured by the man with a movie camera...The film was sensitively accompanied by a pair of Ukrainian musicians, Roksana Smirnova on piano and Misha Kalinin on electric guitar. As the piano lines deftly followed the musicality of the film itself, the rhythms of nature and the movement of the people of Kyiv, Kalinin’s guitar brought an expansive range of sounds and textures to this moment of change, captured for posterity. It was the perfect match of music and image; clearly this duo had an affinity for silent cinema, and this film in particular..." - Pamela Hutchinson

SOUNDTRACKS FOR FILMS:

In Spring / Навесні. Directed by Mikhail Kaufman, USSR (Ukraine), 1929

Earth / Земля. Director Alexander Dovzhenko USSR (Ukraine), 1930

Electric nights / Les nuits electriciques. Directed by Eugene Deslav, France, 1929

Man With a Movie Camera / Людина з кіноапаратом. Directed by Dzyga Vertov, USSR (Ukraine), 1929

Etudes of movement / Études de mouvements. Directed by Joris Ivens, France, Netherlands, 1927

Bridge / De brug. Directed by Joris Ivens, Netherlands, 1928

A game of light reflections and speed / Jeux des reflets et de la vitesse. Directed by Henri Chaumette, France, 1925

Berlin - The symphony of the big city / Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt. Directed by Walter Ruttmann, Germany, 1927

Cosmopolitan London / Cosmopolitan London. Directed by Harry B. Parkinson, Frank Miller, UK 1920

Manhattan / Manhattan. Directed by Charles Schiller, Paul Strand, USA, 1921

About Nice / A Propos de Nice. Directed by Jean Vigo, Boris Kaufman, France, 1930