Sergey LOZNITSA Сергей ЛОЗНИЦА Sergueï LOZNITSA   Russia, 2005, 52 mn  Black and white, documentary

The Siege ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Блокада    Blockade  Blokada

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Plot synopsis

The film consists entirely of archival material and has been possible only thanks to those directors and cameramen, who filmed the Leningrad chronicle during the terrible days of the blockade. This film explores how time stops and life is compressed, conceding its place to death.
Source : www.kinotavr.ru

 

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Commentaries and bibliography

Sergei Loznitsa : The Siege (Blokada, 2006), Polina BARSKOVA, kinokultura.com, 2009

 

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Selected in the following festivals :

- Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Sao Paulo (Brazil ), 2012

- Festival of Central and Eastern Film , Wiesbaden (Germany), 2012

- Trieste Film Festival, Trieste (Italy), 2011

- Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema, Pesaro (Italy), 2011

- Moscow, St-Petersburg, two capitals, one country, Toulouse (France), 2010

- Moscow, St-Petersburg : two faces of Russia, Paris (France), 2010

- Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival : IDFA, Amsterdam (Netherlands), 2010

- Saint Petersburg International Cine-Forum, St Petersburg (Russia), 2010

- San Sebastian International Film Festival, San Sebastian (Spain), 2010

- Russian documentaries - musée du quai Branly (Paris), Paris (France), 2008

- Documentary and feature film festival ''Kinoteatr.doc'', Moscow (Russia), 2008

- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic), 2006

- États généraux du film documentaire, Lussas (France), 2006

- La Rochelle International Film Festival, La Rochelle (France), 2006

- International Leipzig Festival for documentary and animated film, Leipzig (Germany), 2006

- International Film Festival Bratislava, Brastislava (Slovakia), 2006

- Annual award of the Guild of Historians of Cinema and Film Critics, Moscow (Russia), 2005

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