Sergei Loznitsa

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Sergei Loznitsa
Сяргей Уладзіміравіч Лазніца
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Loznitsa at the 2010 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Born (1964-09-05) 5 September 1964 (age 57)
Baranovichi, Brest Voblast, Belorussian SSR, Soviet Union
OccupationFilm director
Years active1996–present
Websitewww.loznitsa.com
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Sergei Loznitsa (Belarusian: Сяргей Уладзіміравіч Лазніца, Russian: Сергей Владимирович Лозница, Ukrainian: Сергій Володимирович Лозниця) (born 5 September 1964) is a Ukrainian[1] director known for his documentary as well as dramatic films.

Biography[edit]

Loznitsa was born on 5 September 1964 in the city of Baranavichy, in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. At that time the BSSR was part of the Soviet Union. Later the Loznitsa family moved to Kyiv, Ukraine, where he completed high school.[2]

Loznitsa graduated from Kyiv Polytechnic Institute as a mathematician in 1987. Between 1987 and 1991 he worked at the Institute of Cybernetics, where he developed expert systems, systems of design-making and artificial intelligence. Loznitsa also worked as a translator from Japanese.

In 1991 he enrolled at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, in the fictional film direction department taught by Nana Jorjadze. He graduated with honors in 1997.[3]

After completion of his studies Loznitsa began working as a documentary film director in Saint Petersburg in 2000. He and his family moved to Germany in 2001. In 2007, Loznitsa's travelled to Canada to participate in the first retrospective of his films at Media City Film Festival, representing his first in person visit to North America. This screening and lecture included many of the director's lesser-known short films focussing on his intimate depictions of the former Soviet Europe, including Halt (2000), Portrait (2002), and Factory (2004). Many of Loznitsa's films had North American premieres at Media City Film Festival, including Blockade (2005), Artel (2006), Revue (2008), The Letter (2012) and others before the director began to gain international prominence with major screenings at TIFF, NYFF and elsewhere.

In 2010 his film My Joy was selected for the main competition at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.[4] His 2012 film In the Fog competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.[5][6] Maidan had its world premiere in a special screening at Cannes in May 2014, a record of the 2013–14 popular protests in Kyiv and their violent suppression.[7] His documentary "Babi Yar. Context" was created with help from Babi Yar Holocaust Memorial Center.[8]

On 18 March 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Academy of Cinema expelled Loznitsa, apparently because he was positioning himself as a "citizen of the world".[9]

Selected filmography[edit]

Documentary films[edit]

Feature films[edit]

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sergei LOZNITSA". Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Sergei Loznitsa - Film director". Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  3. ^ http://www.russiancinema.ru/template.php?dept_id=3&e_dept_id=1&e_person_id=1291 Sergei Loznitsa in the Encyclopedia of Russian Cinema
  4. ^ http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/11/cannes.festival.introduction/ CNN: "Cannes 101: A film festival field guide"
  5. ^ "2012 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
  6. ^ "Cannes Film Festival 2012 line-up announced". timeout. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
  7. ^ filmcomment.com interview sergei loznitsa filmcomment
  8. ^ The tragedy of Babi Yar in the film by Sergei Loznitsa (Russian), by Dmitry Volchek, RFE/RL.
  9. ^ "Сергей Лозница исключен из состава Украинской киноакадемии". День (in Russian). 18 Macrh 2022. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ "Victory Day". Rotten Tomatoes.
  11. ^ "The Trial". Rotten Tomatoes.
  12. ^ "State Funeral". Rotten Tomatoes.
  13. ^ The unification of the prison with the people (Russian), by Dmitry Volchek, RFE/RL
  14. ^ Lodge, Guy (18 May 2018). "Cannes: 'Border' Leads Un Certain Regard Award Winners". Variety. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  15. ^ Boas, Matthew (3 December 2018). "Álvaro Brechner wins the Golden Pyramid at Cairo with A Twelve-Year Night". Cineuropa. Retrieved 4 December 2018.

External links[edit]

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