Elizabeth Lazebnik

Movies

Be Still
Writer
After the tragic death of her daughter Lily, Hannah searches for ways to reconnect and process her grief through increasingly daring and innovative artistic expression. Hannah becomes obsessed with death, children and duality, to the point at which sudden appearances of Lily’s ghost and Hannah’s own doubles begin to manifest - possibly from her imagination or perhaps from the fringes of reality. Diving deep into her art, using unprecedented photographic techniques, Hannah teeters on the edge of madness as she struggles to come to terms with her loss. Inspired by the life of photographer Hannah Maynard (1834-1918).
Be Still
Director
After the tragic death of her daughter Lily, Hannah searches for ways to reconnect and process her grief through increasingly daring and innovative artistic expression. Hannah becomes obsessed with death, children and duality, to the point at which sudden appearances of Lily’s ghost and Hannah’s own doubles begin to manifest - possibly from her imagination or perhaps from the fringes of reality. Diving deep into her art, using unprecedented photographic techniques, Hannah teeters on the edge of madness as she struggles to come to terms with her loss. Inspired by the life of photographer Hannah Maynard (1834-1918).
Liompa
Writer
"Almost everything disappeared. How did it happen?" a man wonders on his deathbed. Elizabeth Lazebnik’s patient, poetic and supremely controlled film sensitively addresses the terrible thought that our pasts, our accomplishments, our families, and friends can be effaced by encroaching sickness and impending death.
Liompa
Director
"Almost everything disappeared. How did it happen?" a man wonders on his deathbed. Elizabeth Lazebnik’s patient, poetic and supremely controlled film sensitively addresses the terrible thought that our pasts, our accomplishments, our families, and friends can be effaced by encroaching sickness and impending death.
Safe Room
Writer
A semi-autobiographical film about a child’s experience in a safe room during the Gulf War.
Safe Room
Director
A semi-autobiographical film about a child’s experience in a safe room during the Gulf War.
Belonging
Director
Toronto's diverse culture and heritage are explored through a couple's belongings, juxtaposed with the neighborhood in which they live.
The Multiple Selves of Hannah Maynard
Director
A glimpse into the unique, eccentric mind of a pioneering Canadian photographer, Hannah Maynard (1834-1918). Born in England, Maynard immigrated with her family to Vancouver Island in 1862, where she set up her own portrait studio. After the sudden death of her youngest daughter, she produced a troubling series of experimental images that reflected her haunted state - an attempt to contact her beloved daughter's spirit.