Michael Yaroshevsky, MA, MFA

Michael Yaroshevsky is a multi-disciplined filmmaker/director of photography.  As an undergraduate at the University of Toronto he majored in Japanese language and literature before completing an MA in the History of Art with a focus on narrative devices in late medieval image cycles and the influence of photography on 19th century Realism.  Concurrently he began making films and studying screenwriting.  He went on to complete an MFA in film production and worked as an assistant director, then as a cameraman. He continues to work as a freelance cinematographer. His filmography includes: Petropolis, 2002 (Best Experimental Documentary, Barcelona Docúpolis), Interstellar, 2005 (Festival Nouveau Cinéma), Death Valley Superstar, 2008 (International Jury Award, 32nd São Paulo International Film Festival), La Trilogie Rétroviseur: Portrait Zero (2012), Lost Object Notice (2013), Blue Signal (2014), La Version nouvelle, 2018, (Festival Nouveau Cinéma). His cinematography for Ulla von Brandenburg's 'Around' (2005) is part of the Tate Modern's permanent collection.  

recent & upcoming screenings:
• 77th Yorkton Film Festival, bell-like – May 2024 (winner of the Golden Sheaf Award)
• Cinématheque Québecoise, Montréal, La Version nouvelle – August 30th release, 2019
• 47th Festival Nouveau Cinéma – La Version nouvelle – October 2018
• Westwerk, Hamburg – Karel Appel Drum Machine – May 2018
• Retrospective – Cinématheque Québecoise, Montréal – December 2016
• 32nd Hamburg International Short Film Festival – Karel Appel Drum Machine – June 2016
• Rencontres Audiovisuelles, Lille – Blue Signal– June 2016
• Museum of Contemporary Arts of Vovodina, University of Novi Sad – Portrait Zero – December 2015
• 13th Festival de Cortos de Bogotá – Blue Signal – December 2015
• Symposium Créer/Montrer/Conserver, Cinématheque Québecoise, Montréal – November 2015
• 51st Chicago International Film Festival – Blue Signal – October 2015
• 44th Festival Nouveau Cinéma – Karel Appel Drum Machine – October 2015
• 14th Festival Silhouette, Paris – Blue Signal – September 2015
• AVI Festival Alternative Film & Video, Podgoričko – Portrait Zero – July 2015
• 31st Hamburg International Short Film Festival – Blue Signal – June 2015

Education

• MFA, Concordia University, 2002
• MA, University of Toronto, 1994
• BA, University of Toronto, 1992

Areas of expertise

Cinema production; Cinematography

“Au moins on verra le noir: Le(s)mot(s) le(s) plus difficile(s) à traduire dans Sans Soleil”

REVUE 24 IMAGES – No. 166 fev./mars 2014

REVUE HORS CHAMP –  fev. 2014 – http://www.horschamp.qc.ca/spip.php?article562

LIZIERES – La Revue 2014

“L'Après-film”

REVUE HORS CHAMP –  fev. 2016 – http://www.horschamp.qc.ca/spip.php?article609

SYMPOSIUM CRÉER/MONTRER/CONSERVER – LA CINÉMATHÈQUE QUÉBECOISE – nov. 2015

“Extraits du journal de l'ex-agent spécial K. A. Koroviev”

REVUE HORS CHAMP –  oct. 2016 – http://www.horschamp.qc.ca/spip.php?article652

RECENT WORKSHOPS
ACES 1.0 & Scene-linear workflow with Charles Poynton, New York
RAW Formats, Shooting, Workflow & Post with Geoff Boyle, FBKS, New York  

• 77th Yorkton Film Festival – bell-like — May 2024
• 47th Festival Nouveau Cinéma – La Version nouvelle– October 2018
• Westwerk, Hamburg – Karel Appel Drum Machine – May 2018
• Retrospective – Cinématheque Québecoise, Montréal – December 2016
• 32nd Hamburg International Short Film Festival – Karel Appel Drum Machine – June 2016
• Rencontres Audiovisuelles, Lille – Blue Signal– June 2016
• Museum of Contemporary Arts of Vovodina, University of Novi Sad – Portrait Zero – December 2015
• 13th Festival de Cortos de Bogotá – Blue Signal – December 2015
• Symposium Créer/Montrer/Conserver, Cinématheque Québecoise, Montréal – November 2015
• 51st Chicago International Film Festival – Blue Signal – October 2015
• 44th Festival Nouveau Cinéma – Karel Appel Drum Machine – October 2015
• 14th Festival Silhouette, Paris – Blue Signal – September 2015
• AVI Festival Alternative Film & Video, Podgoričko – Portrait Zero – July 2015
• 31st Hamburg International Short Film Festival – Blue Signal – June 2015