bio

Mark John Ostrowski is an American writer, photographer and filmmaker (born 1971). His films include Sixty Spanish Cigarettes(2015)..[1], Home Movie (2014) [2] and Le vrai film est allieurs (2018). He is listed in Paul Schrader's book Transcendental Style in Filmas a leading exponent of non-narrative film [3].

Publications

• Aldeanismos. Gijón: VTP Editorial, 2003. Short stories. Published in Asturian. ISBN 978-84-89880-79-5.
• Figures. Oviedo: Ediciones Madú, 2004. Written in Spanish with photographs.  ISBN 978-84-95998-44-6.
• Paraíso matorral. Oviedo: Trabe, 2004. Written in Spanish with photographs.ISBN 978-84-8053-313-3.
• Muse. Gijón: Mácula de plata, 2006. Interviews with Charlie Roff, Luis Durante, Roy Stuart, Jock Sturges, Vlastimil Kula and Tony Keeler. English-Spanish bilingual edition. ISBN 84-611-2175-9.
• Tratantes. Una especia en extinción. Gijón: Muséu del Pueblu d'Asturies, 2006. Photographs. Text in Spanish by Xuan Bello. ISBN 84-87741-95-9[4].
• Amerikana. Gijón: Mácula de plata, 2010. Photographs. ISBN 978-84-613-9377-0[5]
• Festuki. Gijón: Mácula de plata, 2011. Photographs. Text in Spanish by Diego Medrano. ISBN 978-84-614-9791-1.
• Manifesto: tractatus analogicus. Blurb, Inc., 2023. English-Spanish bilingual edition with B&W photographs. ISBN 979-8-89-291764-3[6]

Filmography

Film

2011 Festuki

2012 Évora

2014 Home Movie

2015 Sixty Spanish Cigarettes

2016 If I Were A Filmmaker

2018 Le vrai film est ailleurs 

2019 L'isola 

Awards

Won 

• 2011 – Gijón International Film Festival, "Dia d'Asturies" Award for Festuki[9]
• 2015 – Korea Indie and Expat Film Festival, Best Expat Feature Film for Home Movie[10]
• 2015 – Premio Marcellino de Baggis International Documentary Film Festival, Special Artistic Director's Award for Sixty Spanish Cigarettes[11]
• 2016 – RushDoc International Documentary Film Festival, Best Documentary Film for Home Movie[12]
• 2016 – Moscow International Documentary Film Festival DOKer, Best Editing Award for Sixty Spanish Cigarettes[13]
• 2018 – Kinomorphia Film Festival, Special Jury Award for Le vrai film est ailleurs[14]
• 2019 – Portoviejo Film Festival, International Experimental Feature Film Award for Le vrai film est ailleurs[15]
• 2019 – Salerno Film Festival, Honorable Mention (Documentary Films) for L'isola[16]

References

1.  Franco Torre, Christian (November 30, 2015). "Erice, por Ostrowski". La Nueva España. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
2.  "Home Movie (Mark John Ostrowski, 2014)". 26 June 2015.
3.  "From Lynch to Kiarostami to Ozu: See Where Your Favorite Directors Fall on Paul Schrader's Chart of Non-Narrative Cinema". 24 May 2018.
4.  "El Museo del Pueblo presenta la exposición y el libro de Mark Ostrowski, 'Tratantes. Una especie en extinción'". Europa Press. April 20, 2007. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
5.  Cezón, José (July 10, 2010). "Lo que no sale en las postales". El Comercio. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
6.  Marin Estrada, Pablo (June 2, 2023). "Un archivo digital es imagen, pero no es fotografía". El Comercio. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
7.  "If I Were A Filmmaker world premiere at Szczecin Film Festival"". 21 October 2016.
8.  "HCFF 2019 Film Review "Le Vrai Film Est Ailleurs (The Real Film Is Elsewhere)"". 29 August 2019.
9.  Engel, Philipp (November 25, 2016). "49 FICXIXÓN: El palmarés". Fotogramas. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
10.  Franco Torre, Christian (June 25, 2015). "La epopeya familiar de Mark Ostrowski". La Nueva España. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
11.  "I premi dell'edizione 2015". Premio Marcellino de Baggis official website. October 5, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
12.  Franco Torre, Christian (November 25, 2016). "'Home Movie', de Mark John Ostrowski, triunfa en RushDoc, de Los Ángeles". La Nueva España. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
13.  "The Winners 2016 DOKer". Moscow International Documentary Film Festival. 25 May 2016.
14.  staff writer (December 28, 2018). "Mark John Ostrowski se lleva premio en Bulgaria". El Comercio. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
15.  "Winners of the Third Edition of the Portoviejo Film Festival". Portoviejo Film Festival official website. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
16.  staff writer (November 18, 2019). "'L'isola, premio en Salerno". La Nueva España. Retrieved March 11, 2024.

External links

• Official website
• Paul Schrader's Chart of Non-Narrative Cinema
• Otros Cines Europa