Directing
Allie Avital Tsypin
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Allie Avital is a director and screenwriter. Her work has been Vimeo Staff Picked nine times, featured in the New York Times, NPR, Nowness, Buzzfeed, PromoNews, "best of" lists, has been nominated for Camerimage (Best Music Video and Best Cinematography), and the UKMVAs (‘18,‘17). Her work has screened at SXSW Competition (Jury Recognition Award ‘19, ‘18), Sundance NEXT, BAM Cinemas, IFC, BUG, Havana Film Festival, and many more. Allie’s Russian language short film “The Naked Woman” premiered on NoBudge in June 2019 and won the Audience Award on Short of the Week. She developed the feature version at the Venice Biennale Cinema College. Allie is in early pre-production for her debut feature…
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"Prima" follows Margo, a dedicated prima ballerina raised by her disciplinarian and “guardian of the art” grandmother, who begins to unravel when the head of her ballet company marries a contemporary choreographer, disrupting the company’s tradition and igniting a quiet, atmospheric power struggle that threatens the very future of the institution. As events unfold, Margo begins to question if the choices made in life are really worth it in the end, a question so many face as difficult decisions can change your life forever.
Prima
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A housewife is hungry for connection.
Wolf
2023
1.0Two generations of Russian immigrants go to the country for a birthday, but when someone witnesses a mysterious violent crime, a shadow is cast over the weekend.
The Naked Woman
2019
Behind the camera
"Prima" follows Margo, a dedicated prima ballerina raised by her disciplinarian and “guardian of the art” grandmother, who begins to unravel when the head of her ballet company marries a contemporary choreographer, disrupting the company’s tradition and igniting a quiet, atmospheric power struggle that threatens the very future of the institution. As events unfold, Margo begins to question if the choices made in life are really worth it in the end, a question so many face as difficult decisions can change your life forever.
Prima
—
A housewife is hungry for connection.
Wolf
2023
1.0Two generations of Russian immigrants go to the country for a birthday, but when someone witnesses a mysterious violent crime, a shadow is cast over the weekend.
The Naked Woman
2019
1.0Two generations of Russian immigrants go to the country for a birthday, but when someone witnesses a mysterious violent crime, a shadow is cast over the weekend.
The Naked Woman
2019