SHORT GRAND PRIX COMPETITION

BLOCKADE

(BLOKADA)

Russia, 2005, 52 min.

Director: Sergey Loznitsa
Producer: Viacheslav Telenov
Script: Sergey Loznitsa
Editing: Sergey Loznitsa
Production company: St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio
Print Source:
Lori Fried
First Run/Icarus Films
32 Court Street, #2107
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Tel.: 718.488.8900
Fax: 718.488.8642
www.frif.com


Blockade

A collage of unique archival footage shot during the blockade of Leningrad during the years of 1941 to 1944, this stunning mosaic offers viewers a rare glimpse into Soviet history. The everyday lives of civilians and soldiers is shown without music or voice over and as the scenes play out with natural sounds, an immediacy dominates the film one which both speaks to the importance of the events unfolding on screen and imbues them with timeliness.

Sergey Loznitsa was born in Baranoviche, Byelorus in 1964. He graduated with a degree in mathematics from the Kiev Polytechnic in 1987 and film directing at the National Film School in Moscow (WGiK) in 1997. In 2000 Sergey joined the respected St. Petresburg Film Studio as a director. In 2001 he moved with his family to Germany.

Filmography:

Artel (2006);
Blockade (2005); Grand Prix in Kiev, Cracow and Vyborg 2006;
Factory (2004);
Landscape (2003);
Portrait (2002);
The Settlement (2001);
A Stop (2000);
Life, Autumn (1998);
Today We Build a House (1996).

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