Patrick Cazals

Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • as Self

Documentary about the life of Sergei Parajanov, a prominent Soviet-era filmmaker who was active in Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia and was persecuted by the communist government for his views on the pretext of his homosexuality, which was a crime in the USSR. The centerpiece of this documentary is Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, a 1965 movie directed by Parajanov, that awakened the Ukrainian national consciousness which had been suppressed by decades of Soviet rule.

Movie - 2011, 2h 15m • as Himself

A portrait of the brief, luminous life of Amrita Sher-Gil, the pioneer of modern Indian art who died at just 28. Through her letters and legacy, the documentary traces the passion, vision, and extraordinary life of a revolutionary painter, widely regarded as India’s Frida Kahlo.