Saint Clair Cemin, Psycha je dokumentarni film koji prati proslavljenog brazilskog umjetnika Saint Clair Cemina u period od pet godina. U režiji Svetlane Cemin, film predstavlja intiman portret umetnika i duboko razmišljanje o vajarevom putu da od svog remek-dela Psiha napravi mermerni čamac. Ovaj eksperimentalni dokumentarac odražava proces stvaranja Psihe od embrionalne faze u njegovom studiju u Bruklinu, preko završne obrade u Kini, do konačnog odredišta u Klivlendu, Ohajo. Sniman u Brzilu, Svajcerskoj, Kini i Americi ovaj izuzetn film o procesu kreeativnosti je nagradivan na vise od trideset svetskih festivala i premijerno prikazan na Beldoksu 2021.
Director – producer – writer : Svetlana Cemin
Genre: Feature documentary
Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and French
Countries of production: USA, China, Brazil, Switzerland
Cast: Saint Clair Cemin, Sarina Tang, Lee Smolin, Santiago Moix, Laetitia Gauden, Sara Cemin, Anna George, Juliana Lima, Ron Gorchev
Music: Ensamble Ferroelectrico de Marte, SUBA, Miloš Drobnjaković
SYNOPSIS
Saint Clair Cemin, Psyche is a documentary film following the celebrated Brazilian artist Saint Clair Cemin over the last five years. Directed by Svetlana Cemin, the film presents an intimate portrait of the artist and a deep reflection on the sculptor’s journey to make his masterpiece, Psyche, a marble boat. This experimental documentary reflects the making process of Psyche from the embryonic stage in his studio in Brooklyn, through the finishing touches in China, and to its final destination in Cleveland, Ohio.
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
GIMFA International Monthly Film Awards 2021-Best Woman Director Svetlana Cemin and Best Documentary
New York Tri-State International Film Festival 2021-Winner Best Documentary Feature
Rome Film Award 2021-Best Documentary Feature
Experimental, Dance & Music Film Festival 2021-Best Feature Film
Soul International Film Festival 2021- Best Documentary
CIFT Festival of Toronto 2021-Best International Documentary
Roma Short Film Festival 2021-Best Feature Documentary
New Wave Short Film Festival-Munich 2020-Best Feature Documentary
Washington Film Festival 2020 – Best Documentary
Tokyo International Short Film Festival 2020-Best Documentary
German United Film Festival 2020-Best Documentary Feature
Vegas Movie Awards 2020 -Best Experimental Film
Lonely Wolf London International Film Festival 2020- Official Selection
ARFF Amsterdam 2020 -Best Experimental Film
Chicago Indie Film Awards 2020 -Best U.S. and International Experimental Documentary
Montreal Independent Film Festival -Best Experimental Film
Hollywood New Directors 2020 – Honorable Mention
New York Film Awards 2020- Best Experimental Documentary
Los Angeles Film Awards 2020- Best Documentary Feature
Toronto Short Film Channel Festival 2020-Best Experimental
Kalakari Film Festival, India 2021- Official Selection
Austin International Art Festival 202- Official Selection
Vision du Reel 2021- Vdr Film Market
Venice Shorts Film Festival-2020-Best Experimental US and International Film
Berlin Shorts Award 2021- Best Producer Svetlana Cemin
Cinequest Film Festival 2021- Official Selection
Cult Movie International Film Festival 2021- Honorable Mention
MDIFF 2022- Exceptional Achievement
BIMIFF 2022- Award for Best editing Uros Maksimovic and Mina Petrovic
BIMIFF 2022- Best Director of Documentary Svetlana Cemin
Director‘s Statement
610FILM is an art-house film production company, which I founded 2015 in a Brooklyn warehouse, with the mission to capture moments of creativity expressed in unique ways by focusing on the documentation of various art forms and artists. My projects include award-winning feature documentaries and experimental short films Monk Arsenije, Saint Clair Cemin, Psyche, Adam Fuss, A Landscape of Imagination, Metamorphosis, Madeleine Hatz, A Royal Vagabund; BURN and Laura Kaplan, Love is All that Matters.
Svetlana Cemin is a writer, director, producer, and the founder of 610FILM, an art-house film production company, founded with an artist Saint Clair Cemin. With the mission, which began in 2015, to capture moments of creativity expressed in unique ways by focusing on the documentation of various art forms and artists, collaborating on a diverse range of projects, from short films, art documentaries, experimental and feature films. She was born in Bel-grade, Serbia and has been living and working on the New York-Paris route for many years. Prior to becoming an award-winning filmmaker, she worked as an internationally renowned fashion model and as an actress. As an actress she appeared in numerous off-Broadway productions and appeared in Claire Dolan a film by Lodge Kerrigan which premiered in Cannes Film Festival. Among many artists, the collaboration with Alen Lucien Oyen brought Psychopatriot to the screen. Svetlana is also a jury member of the New Wave Film Festival in Munich, Germany. Svetlana Cemin is recipient of 69 International film awards and honors.
