INFINITY ACCORDING TO FLORIAN

The extraordinary mind of Florian Yuriev, a visionary Ukrainian architect and artist, visualizes an astonishingly holistic view of the world. His abstract paintings brim with geometric colorful shapes and patterns that also carry a sonic component, as each shade has its own tonality. Oleksiy Radynski’s passionate documentary follows the architect’s tireless efforts to save one of his modernist masterpieces from destruction.

THE FILMMAKER

Oleksiy Radynski (Ukraine, 1984) is a filmmaker and writer based in Kyiv. After studying film theory, he took part in several film education experiments including Home Workspace Program (Ashkal Alwan, Beirut) and Labor in a Single Shot by Harun Farocki and Antje Ehmann. His award-winning short films have been screened at Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Docudays IFF, DOK Leipzig, Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, the Institute of Contemporary Arts (London), e-flux (New York), S A V V Y Contemporary (Berlin), International Studio & Curatorial Program (New York) etc. Infinity According to Florian is his first feature-length film.

AWARDS AND FESTIVALS

Best Art Film Award – Pärnu International Documentary and Science Film Festival, Estonia
Best Ukrainian Film award – Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, Poland
Sheffield DocFest, United Kingdom
DOK Leipzig – International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Germany
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), Netherlands
Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Ukraine
DocAviv – Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival, Israel
Krakow Film Festival, Poland