The ussr collapsed soon after, and the tricolour of the sovereign russian federation flew over kremlin. It was screened out of competition at the 72nd edition of the venice film festival references. The 54th edition of the ann arbor film festival march 1520 starts tomorrow featuring over 200 films, videos an live performances in its programme. He grew up in kiev, and in 1987 graduated from the kiev polytechnic with a degree in applied mathematics. Director sergei loznitsa on digging through soviet archives.
It exists from 192021 and they have a quite big archive. Filmed on the territory of former concentration camps at sachsenhausen in germany, austerlitz which takes its title from the final masterpiece by the great novelist w. Loznitsa structures his film, without voiceover, so that his audience must glean what information it can as and when it comes. It often feels like a warning cry directly addressed to the here and now. Sergei loznitsas the event 2015, which is receiving an exclusive global online premiere on mubi, is showing from august 4 september 3, 2017 as a special discovery. Notes from international documentary filmfestival amsterdam the event is screening as part of the series sergei loznitsa s top ten. Sergei loznitsa interview the event the seventh art. Centred on the military coup that represented the death rattle of the ussr, the event is composed of footage from independent documentarians in the heart of what was leningrad. The state committee on the state of emergency, made up of communist hardliners, attempted a coup on 19 august 1991 and wanted to depose soviet. This throughline gives the event a remarkable urgency. How did you get access to the footage for the event. Mar 03, 2019 feature documentary film the event 2015 revisits dramatic moments of august 1991 in the ussr, a failed coup detatattempt known as putsch premiered at venice film festival in 2015.
In 2010 his film my joy was selected for the main competition at the 2010 cannes film festival. As president gorbachev was detained by the coup leaders, staterun tv and radio channels, usurped. Documentary maker loznitsa collected tv and amateur footage of street protests in 1991. Sergei loznitsa, the netherlands belgium 2015, 74 min. Loznitsas last fiction feature, donbass, has been nominated for five of ukraines national film awards, the golden dzigas, including for best film, best director and best screenplay. The event iffr iffr international film festival rotterdam. In august 1991 a failed coup detat attempt known as putsch led by a group of hardcore communists in moscow, ended the 70yearlong rule of the soviets. Sergei loznitsa in august 1991, a failed coup detat attempt led by a group of communists in moscow ended the 70yearlong rule of the soviets. The films of ukraines sergei loznitsa invite a closer. Sergei loznitsas disquieting new documentary austerlitz, which premieres at the venice international film festival, aims to show how the nazi concentration camps are experienced today. Its possible to describe sergei loznitsas foundfootage documentary the event with complete detachment. His 2012 film in the fog competed for the palme dor at the 2012 cannes film festival. Sergei loznitsa programme, the institute of contemporary arts ica hosted a screening of loznitsas 2015 film the event, with an introduction by the director. Sebald is an observation of visitors to the memorial sites.
With seth carr, tichina arnold, adam pally, ken marino. After discovering a magical mask, an 11yearold aspiring wrestler enters a competition to become the next wwe superstar. How does a crowd react to an historic event when certainties are shaken. Sergei loznitsas the event 2015, which is receiving an exclusive global online premiere on mubi, is showing from august 4 september 3, 2017 as a special discovery questions are only dangerous when you answer them.
Dec 30, 2015 this throughline gives the event a remarkable urgency. An attempted coup by reactionary communists embroiled muscovites at the time in chaos and euphoria, fear and debate. Aug 28, 2015 reminiscent of loznitsas 2006 film blockade about the disastrous nazi siege of leningrad, the event is comprised entirely of ashen blackandwhite archival footage shot in leningrad during. Loznitsas documentary work has remained lesser known, but this is rapidly changing as a result of the directly political connotations of his most recent films. Reminiscent of loznitsas 2006 film blockade about the disastrous nazi siege of leningrad, the event is comprised entirely of ashen blackandwhite archival footage shot in. Notes from international documentary filmfestival amsterdam the event is screening as part of the series sergei loznitsas top ten. Mar 19, 2019 in 1997 loznitsa graduated from the russian state institute of cinematography vgik in moscow. Loznitsa structures his film, without voiceover, so that his audience must glean what information it. Loznitsa has directed 19 internationally acclaimed documentary films and 4 feature films, all of which were premiered in the official selection of cannes film festival. Sergei loznitsa doc state funeral to depict terrifying. Late in the film, loznitsa cuts from one speechmaker, appealing for.
Sergei loznitsa is one of the most heralded filmmakers in europe, but is still little known in america. Loznitsa was born on 5 september 1964 in the city of baranovichi, in belarus. I first encountered sergei loznitsas work at the cannes film festival in 2010. Though i was busy watching student films and shorts as president of the cinefondation jury, i found some time to steal away and watch some other work in the official selection. A quarter of a century later, sergei loznitsa revisits the dramatic moments of august 1991 and casts an eye on the event which was hailed worldwide as the birth of russian democracy. Director sergei loznitsa on digging through soviet. Sep 15, 2015 ukrainian director sergei loznitsa maidan, my joy discusses his latest nonfiction film, the event, which received its north american premiere at the toronto international film festival, during which this interview was conducted by christopher heron. The trial, a new film by the ukrainian director sergei loznitsa, depicts it as a spectacle, complete with audience reactions, set in a stunning marble hall with grand crystal chandeliers loznitsa initially set out to create a compilation of documentary footage of stalinera show trials. Sebald is an observation of visitors to the memorial sites there. In 19871991 sergei worked as a scientist at the kiev institute of cybernetics, specializing in artificial intelligence research. Loznitsa delivers a masterful elaboration of that same theme in his most recent work, austerlitz, which first premiered at last years venice and toronto film festivals. Despite the shortage of basic necessities, life carries on. Tuesday, march 15, 2016 all day to sunday, march 20, 2016 all day.
Ukrainian filmmaker sergei loznitsa follows his monumental documentary maidan with this foundfootage epic about the failed coup of august 1991 that signalled the fall of the soviet union. Sep 07, 2015 perhaps the most serious of these movies is sobytie the event. Filmed as if on a 1930s sound studio with blocky set pieces, loznitsas montage reveals the theatrical nature of the farce and emphasizes the show element of the trial, one replete with rapt spectators and dramatic performances by a host of actors prosecutors, witnesses, defendants, and judges alike. Sep 09, 2015 the films press book uses the phrase three days that shook the world, a variation on john reeds classic nonfiction book about the 1917 october revolution, but loznitsa is clearly. The trial 2018, a documentary by ukrainian filmmaker sergei loznitsa, uses a remarkable trove of found footage to reconstruct one of joseph stalins first show trials, which took place in 1930 in moscow. Between 1987 and 1991 he worked in the institute of cybernetics.
See also masterclass sergei loznitsa on fri 29 jan, 15. Beautifully filmed, life, autumn presents a portrait of a small village in rural russia, near the city of smolensk, with its aging population. In 1997 loznitsa graduated from the russian state institute of cinematography vgik in moscow. The trial, a new film by the ukrainian director sergei loznitsa, depicts it as a spectacle, complete with audience reactions, set in a stunning marble hall with grand crystal chandeliers. Following maidan, last years impeccable therevolutionislive bulletin from ukraine, sergei loznitsa returns to the foundfootage format with which he first came to international prominence. One of the biggest mysteries of such places is the motive that induces thousands of people to spend their summer weekends in former concentration camps. Loznitsa initially set out to create a compilation of documentary footage of stalinera show trials. The new film from sergei loznitsa maidan, the event is a stark yet rich and complex portrait of tourists visiting the grounds of former nazi extermination camps, and a sometimes sardonic study of the relationship or the clash between contemporary culture and the sanctity of the site. Later the loznitsa family moved to kyiv, ukraine, where loznitsa finished high school in 1987 he graduated from kyiv polytechnic institute as a mathematician. The event by sergei loznitsa at the ica by jagger biggs, 20191004. Working exclusively with archive footage from leningrads palace square, loznitsa takes a reflective look at the attempted 1991 august putsch and the publics. This carefully compiled documentary film transports viewers back to the confusion and optimism of august 1991. Maidan 2014, which documents the dramatic unfolding of the euromaidan protests of 20 and 2014 in kiev, and the event 2015, a compilation film about the antigovernmental.
Soon after, the ussr collapsed, ending the 70yearlong rule of the soviets. The film consists of archival footage from leningrad during the failed coup detat attempt of august 1991, which was led by a group of communists in. It was screened out of competition at the 72nd edition of the venice film festival. In the event, we see the unravelling of a history recent and significant enough to be of intense fascination the sharp, monochrome cinematography also lends a certain verite urgency to the narrative. Its possible to describe sergei loznitsa s foundfootage documentary the event with complete detachment. The event is in many respects a logical followup to maidan, and attentive viewers will detect certain formal and ideological echoes. Screening of sergei loznitsas documentary, the trial 2018. The trial sergei loznitsa retrospectives program 2019. The event, with director sergei loznitsa in person. The masterclass is followed by the hungarian premier of sergei loznitsa the trial 2018 at 6 pm in blinken osa arany janos u. Screening of sergei loznitsas documentary, the trial. Perhaps the most serious of these movies is sobytie the event. He was already assembling the collection when his assistant discovered hours of. Sergei loznitsas movie austerlitz observes tourists in.
The event is in many respects a logical followup to maidan, and attentive viewers will detect certain formal and ideological echoes centred on the military coup that represented. The films press book uses the phrase three days that shook the world, a variation on john reeds classic nonfiction book about the 1917 october revolution, but loznitsa is clearly. The event sergei loznitsa retrospectives program 2019. Feb 24, 2017 loznitsa delivers a masterful elaboration of that same theme in his most recent work, austerlitz, which first premiered at last years venice and toronto film festivals.
Sep 24, 2019 for ukrainian director sergei loznitsa, documentary film is a tool to pick through the shrapnel of the soviet union. Sergei loznitsas the event makes a striking followup, if not strictly a companion piece, to his maidan, which documented the recent political protests in ukraine. After his documentary maidan, about the ukrainian revolution of 2014, sergei loznitsa now presents the foundfootage documentary the event, looking back at the rebellion which preceded the collapse of the ussr. For ukrainian director sergei loznitsa, documentary film is a tool to pick through the shrapnel of the soviet union. Less is more for landscape, an austere but absorbing formalist exercise consisting entirely of lefttoright tracking shots depicting people waiting for a bus in the russian town of. Documentary austerlitz 2016, nominated for the best european documentary at european film awards 2017, is an observation of the visitors to a memorial site.
Sergei loznitsa, ukrainian film maker, was born on september, 5th 1964. When a group of topranking economists and engineers are accused of plotting a coup against the soviet government, the court alleges that they made a secret pact with the french prime. In the strikingly visual, awardwinning factory, loznitsa and his film crew observe the inner workings and rhythms at a factory during the course of one day. Trailer sobytie the event sergei loznitsa 2015 youtube. The films of ukraines sergei loznitsa invite a closer look. Its the work of sergei loznitsa, a ukrainian director with sober things to say about russia as it is today. Sergei loznitsa, ukrainian film maker, was born on september, 5th 1964 in baranovichi, ussr. The event, with director sergei loznitsa in person film forum. Archive footage in documentary cinema sergei loznitsas. The film is composed of blackandwhite images shot by eight cameramen in st. The footage belongs to an archive that exists at the leningrad documentary film studio and this studio is one of the oldest documentary film studios.
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