Gregory Portnoy

About the artist

Gregory Portnoy, born in 1980 in Ukraine, later emigrated to Israel and currently lives and works in Poland. Studied arts, photography and cinematography. Identifies himself more as a cinematographer than as a director. He made a few short films in Israel, a long documentary (in Poland and Israel), and is now working on his next documentary project in Warsaw. He has a strong collaboration with the Polish film director Zuzanna Solakiewicz. Besides being a cinematographer, he develops his own documentary projects and is writing a feature film.

Films

  • No Reason to Leave / Nie ma powodu by stąd odejść, 18'
    Gregory Portnoy, POL 2012, 18’

    Snow, monotonous music, trains passing by. A trip? In the scenery of a neighbourhood that could be found in any place in Europe, people go in various directions. An attentive voyeur spies on them, knowing nothing about them (?). They can be your/my neighbours. Behind the curtain: maybe it is you? Everyday beauty, boredom, bustle, anxiety, or maybe a perfectly arranged system, in this case one of a film? Should you ask great questions and build a universe? Should you count the rectangles of balconies? Focus on the patterns: of a carpet, of the curtains, of the structure of snow? Find the right detail? The beginning and the end of the trip, and what is in between.

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