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Screening Series

Room of the Absolute

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  • Natalie Shirinian , Director
  • Elizabeth Baudouin, Director
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Co-Directors, Natalie Shirinian, Elizabeth Baudouin. Producer, Natalie Shirinian, Elizabeth Baudouin, Alla Hurenko. Executive Producer, David Dinerstein, Christine Beebe, Devon Demming, Arlan Hamilton, Katie Rhodes. Cinematographer, Alla Hurenko. Editor, Jocelyne Chaput. 

About the Screening

Presented by the IDA Documentary Screening Series and IDA member Company Not All Films, the screening invites members to a special virtual screening and Q&A of Room of the Absolute exclusively for IDA members, Academy and Guild Members, and select industry leaders. Wait after the credits for a special pre-recorded IDA Q&A panel with Co-Directors Natalie Shirinian, Elizabeth Baudouin, and moderated by Academy Award Winner David Dinerstein (Summer of Soul, Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight For Freedom). 

About The Film:
Amid the three years of relentless destruction to her homeland, Ukrainian painter Alla Hurenko (professionally known as ‘Pazza Pennello’) offers a new diaristic perspective on daily life under war, where her canvas becomes a powerful act of resistance, a testament to perseverance, and a quiet rebellion against those determined to erase her world and identity.

Virtual:

  • Click on the virtual hyperlink button directing you to our virtual IDA event platform 
  • Sign in to your myIDA membership at the pop-up 
  • Once signed in, you may add an RSVP ticket or unlock it when the on-demand film is available. 
  • If you are an AMPAS or Guild Member, be sure to sign in to your own Eventive account for the unlocked window. 

    For assistance and support for in-person or virtual screenings, please email screenings@documentary.org

 

Run Time: 18 Min

Event Participants

    Natalie Shirinian Portrait

    Natalie Shirinian

    Natalie Shirinian is an award-winning writer, director, and producer, known for her intimate, visually driven storytelling across narrative, documentary, and conceptual work. Her films have screened internationally and earned multiple audience and jury awards, with standout projects including Interior Motives (2017), acquired into the permanent collection of Rhode Island School of Design, and Parev Mama (2020), which garnered top audience honors across the festival circuit.

    She co-founded the production company Not All Films with her wife, Elizabeth Baudouin, where the duo develop auteur-led work that bridges art, fashion, and cinema. Their collaborations include Baudouin’s debut Breakup Text (2023), which won the Audience Award at HollyShorts Film Festival, with Shirinian starring and producing. Most recently, Shirinian and Baudouin produced the Oscar-qualifying documentary short ALOK (2024), directed by Alex Hedison and executive produced by Jodie Foster, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and screened at the Telluride Film Festival.

    Most recently, Shirinian co-directed Room of the Absolute (2026), a documentary on Ukrainian painter Alla Hurenko, created in collaboration with Baudouin. The film is currently on the international festival circuit. She continues to develop her next slate of directorial projects, including her debut feature Ponchik, which she wrote and will direct, continuing her focus on bold, underrepresented narratives.

    Shirinian is also a member of the Screen Actors Guild.

    Elizabeth Baudouin_Portrait

    Elizabeth Baudouin

    Elizabeth Baudouin is a writer, director, and producer whose work explores the human experience through emotional depth and cultural observation. She co-founded the production company Not All Films with filmmaker Natalie Shirinian, where they have produced award-winning narrative and documentary projects, including Shirinian's Interior Motives and Parev Mama. Her directorial debut, Breakup Text, executive-produced by Academy Award winner David Dinerstein, premiered at the Provincetown International Film Festival and screened at multiple Academy Award–qualifying festivals, including the Woodstock Film Festival, and won the Audience Award at HollyShorts. She produced on the documentary ALOK, directed by Alex Hedison and executive produced by Jodie Foster, which premiered at Sundance and Telluride. Most recently, she co-directed Room of the Absolute (2026), a documentary on Ukrainian painter Alla Hurenko, created in collaboration with Shirinian, which won the Special Jury Award at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival. Recently, the couple was named to the Wallpaper*400, the list of people shaping Creative America today. Elizabeth is an Emerson College graduate.