Between Worlds – The Life and Work of Helena Antipoff

Documentary | Brazil | 2019 | 70 min. | Rating: General Audience

The story of educator and psychologist Helena Antipoff is told through archival materials and interviews with specialists in her work and people who knew her. Trained in the most advanced research centers on learning in the early 20th century, the Russian educator, who settled in Brazil in 1929, lived through tumultuous periods in world history. With her extensive professional and life experience, she contributed to the development of knowledge and practices that continue to influence Brazilian education today.

SCREENINGS
Legislative Assembly Theater of Minas Gerais – Belo Horizonte/MG
13th CineBH Showcase – Belo Horizonte/MG
Brazilian Film Festival in Russia – St. Petersburg and Moscow
Arquivo em Cartaz Festival 2019 – Rio de Janeiro/RJ
TV Rede Minas
Drummond and Cinema Showcase – Belo Horizonte/MG

CREDITS
Interviewees: Carmen García Colmenares, Catharina Vianna, Cecília Andrade Antipoff, Cláudio Braga Antipoff, Doralice de Almeida Campos, Elza de Moura, Fabiana Fonseca Parreiras, Jader Britto, Laurent Gutierrez, Leila Blanco, Luciano Mendes, Marc Ratcliff, Maria do Carmo Coutinho, Marilene Oliveira Almeida, Marina Sorokina, Marise Uchôa Albuquerque, Martine Ruchat, Olivier Houdé, Regina Helena Campos, Rita Hofstetter, Sarah Couto, César Silva, Maria Medeiros Magalhães, Silvia Parrat-Dayan, Virgínia Beatriz dos Santos de Carvalho, Zenita Guenther.

Featured in Archival Footage: Daniel Iretzky Antipoff, Helena Antipoff, João Franzen de Lima.

Direction: Guilherme Reis
Research and Script: Ana Amélia Arantes and Guilherme Reis
Content Consultant: Regina Helena de Freitas Campos
Script Consultant: Sanzio Cânfora
Research Assistants: Clarice Loureiro, Luisina López Ferrari, Márcio Melges, Polina Minaeva, and Vitor Drumond
Executive Production: Ana Amélia Arantes
Executive Production Assistant: Vitor Drumond
Production Direction: Ana Amélia Arantes
Production in Russia: Polina Minaeva
Production in Switzerland: Clarice Loureiro
Production in France: Bianca Moreira
Production Assistant: Jussara Vieira
Cinematography and Direct Sound: Byron O’Neill and Guilherme Reis
Camera Operation and Assistance: Byron O’Neill, Luisina López Ferrari, and Paulo César Alvim
Editing and Post-Production: Guilherme Reis
Music Composition: Rafael Nelvam
Graphic Design: Igor Vermelho Laranjo / Osca Design
Produced by: Postura Digital and Tessitura Cultural

PROJECT BACKGROUND
The film was made with resources from the Minas Gerais Department of Education and supported by the Helena Antipoff Foundation and the Helena Antipoff Documentation and Research Center.