Director: Karen Pearlman
Australia / 2016 / 15´
Inspired by Elizaveta Svilova (1900–1975), the woman who edited MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (1929), WOMAN WITH AN EDITING BENCH reveals the personal impact of Stalin’s censorship of cinema on a woman navigating politics, bureaucracy and the impetuous outbursts of collaborators to create something beautiful despite the odds.
Screenplay: Karen Pearlman
Producer: Lyn Norfor, Richard James Allen, Karen Pearlman
Cinematographer: Kieran Fowler
Music: Caitlin Yeo
Editing: Karen Pearlman
Cast: Leeanna Walsman, Richard James Allen, Marcus Graham