Sergei Loznitsa
Sergei Vladimirovich Loznitsa (Belarusian: Сяргей Уладзіміравіч Лазніца, Ukrainian: Сергій Володимирович Лозниця, Russian: Сергей Владимирович Лозница; born 5 September, 1964; Baranovichi, Brest Voblast) is a Ukrainian director of Belarusian origin known for his documentary as well as dramatic films. Born in 1964, Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa grew up in Kyiv, and graduated from Kyiv Polytechnic in 1987 with a degree in Applied Mathematics. In 1997, Loznitsa graduated from the Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow, where he studied feature filmmaking. Sergei Loznitsa has directed 18 documentary films since 1996 and has received numerous international awards, including festival prizes in Karlovy Vary, Leipzig, Oberhausen, Krakow, Paris, Madrid, Toronto, Jerusalem and St. Petersburg, as well as the Russian National Film awards “Nika” and “Laurel”. Loznitsa’s feature debut My Joy (2010) premiered in competition at the Festival de Cannes, and was followed by In the Fog, which also premiered in competition at the Festival de Cannes in May 2012, where it was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize. His feature film A Gentle Creature premiered in competition at the Festival de Cannes in May 2017.
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Sergei Loznitsa filmography
Champ de Mars
Director, Screenplay
Two Prosecutors
Writer, Director, Producer, Co-Producer
The Invasion
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Paleontology Lesson
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
A Nation Denied: Ukraine's Battle for History
as Self
The Natural History of Destruction
Director, Writer, Producer
The Kiev Trial
Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
Mr. Landsbergis
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Babi Yar. Context
Editor, Producer, Screenplay, Director
Reflections
Director
Celles qui chantent
Director
A Night at the Opera
Writer, Director
State Funeral
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Victory Day
Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Screenplay
Donbass
Director, Screenplay, Associate Producer
The Trial
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer
A Gentle Creature
Director, Screenplay
Butterflies
as Self
Austerlitz
Director, Director of Photography, Writer
The Old Jewish Cemetery
Director, Writer
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Who is Sergei Loznitsa?+
Ukrainian director of Belarusian origin recognized for his profound exploration of 20th-century history through both fictional dramas and experimental archival documentary techniques.
What is Sergei Loznitsa known for?+
He is acclaimed for films such as Donbass, In the Fog, Babi Yar. Context, and Maidan, which often utilize archival footage to examine historical memory and political transformation.
What kind of work does Sergei Loznitsa make?+
His methodology blends rigorous research with distinct found footage styles, creating meditative, long-form documentary essays alongside realist fiction. Discover his filmography on Mood.
