The documentary “The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & The Art of Survival” is a visually stunning film and sweeping feature documentary that traces the life and survival of the renowned painter through her powerful paintings – from her rise to international stardom in 1920s Paris, to her move to the United States in 1940, fleeing the rise of fascism, and her revival in the current art market. Tamara de Lempicka was the preeminent Art Deco painter, known for her high-gloss sensual nudes and portraits of high society during the Jazz Age. She was marginalized and gained notoriety for her romantic liaisons with her models and her indulgent, decadent lifestyle, but she was so much more.
After our World Premiere at the Mill Valley Film Festival in 2024, we were included in The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco’s retrospective exhibition of Tamara de Lempicka as part of special programming with a screening at the de Young Museum in January Film Screening: The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka + the Art of Survival (which sold out).
We had our New York Premiere at the prestigious 2025 New York Jewish Film Festival presented by The Jewish Museum and Film at Lincoln Center on January 28th The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & The Art of Survival (both screenings sold out).
We were featured as a part of the special program with five screenings at MFAH (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston) during the Lempicka exhibition this past March-July The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & the Art of Survival (Saturday, March 15, 2025 5 p.m.-7 p.m.) | The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
We had a successful screenings at the 2025 San Diego Jewish Film Festival, 2025 Maine Jewish Film Festival, Aspen Film Aspen Film: Tamara de Lempicka & the Art of Survival – Aspen Art Museum; and at the Nation Center for Jewish Film’s annual film festival with a screening of our film at MFA Boston The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka and the Art of Survival | Museum of Fine Arts Boston, our sold-out screening in Washington DC at JxJ Festival Jewish Film Festival The True Story of Tamara De Lempicka & the Art of Survival – JxJ, and most recently the 2025 Krakow Film Festival at the Academy of Fine Arts (Poland) The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & The Art of Survival – Film of 65th KFF – Krakow Film Festival.
