Director,
Writer,
Cinematographer,
Sound designer,
Editor,
Producer
Born in 1961, USSR (Russia)
 
 
Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY
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Виктор Александрович КОСАКОВСКИЙ
Viktor KOSSAKOVSKI
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Director
2023 - Arkhitekton (Архитектон) [documentary, 94 mn]
2020 - Gunda (Гунда) [documentary, 93 mn]
2018 - Akvarel (Акварель) [documentary, 90 mn]
2015 - Vetrianka (Ветрянка) [documentary, 22 mn]
2013 - Demonstration (Demonstration) [documentary, 70 mn]
2012 - Lullaby (Lullaby) [documentary, 3 mn]
2011 - Da zdravstvuyun antipody! (Да здравствуют антиподы!) [documentary, 108 mn]
2005 - Svyato (Свято) [documentary, 33 mn]
2003 - Tishe! (Тише!) [documentary, 80 mn]
2000 - Detskiy sad - Lyubovhyy treugolnik (Детский сад — любовный треугольник) [documentary, 52 mn]
2000 - Svadba (Свадьба) [16 mn]
1998 - Pavel i Lyalya. Ierusalimskiy romans (Павел и Ляля. Иерусалимский романс) [documentary, 35 mn]
1997 - Sreda 19.07.1961 (Среда 19.07.1961) [documentary, 97 mn]
1992 - Belovy (Беловы) [documentary, 60 mn]
1991 - Na dnyakh (На днях) [documentary]
1989 - Losev (Лосев) [documentary, 57 mn]
 
Writer
2023 - Arkhitekton (Архитектон) from Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY [documentary, 94 mn]
2020 - Gunda (Гунда) from Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY [documentary, 93 mn]
2018 - Akvarel (Акварель) from Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY [documentary, 90 mn]
2005 - Svyato (Свято) from Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY [documentary, 33 mn]
2000 - Detskiy sad - Lyubovhyy treugolnik (Детский сад — любовный треугольник) from Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY [documentary, 52 mn]
2000 - Svadba (Свадьба) from Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY [16 mn]
1998 - Pavel i Lyalya. Ierusalimskiy romans (Павел и Ляля. Иерусалимский романс) from Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY [documentary, 35 mn]
1997 - Sreda 19.07.1961 (Среда 19.07.1961) from Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY [documentary, 97 mn]
1992 - Belovy (Беловы) from Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY [documentary, 60 mn]
1991 - Na dnyakh (На днях) from Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY [documentary]
1989 - Losev (Лосев) from Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY [documentary, 57 mn]
 
Cinematographer
2020 - Gunda (Гунда) from Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY [documentary, 93 mn]
2018 - Akvarel (Акварель) from Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY [documentary, 90 mn]
2011 - Da zdravstvuyun antipody! (Да здравствуют антиподы!) from Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY [documentary, 108 mn]
2005 - Svyato (Свято) from Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY [documentary, 33 mn]
2003 - Tishe! (Тише!) from Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY [documentary, 80 mn]
2000 - Detskiy sad - Lyubovhyy treugolnik (Детский сад — любовный треугольник) from Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY [documentary, 52 mn]
2000 - Svadba (Свадьба) from Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY [16 mn]
1997 - Sreda 19.07.1961 (Среда 19.07.1961) from Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY [documentary, 97 mn]
1992 - Belovy (Беловы) from Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY [documentary, 60 mn]
1989 - Losev (Лосев) from Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY [documentary, 57 mn]
 
Sound designer
2003 - Tishe! (Тише!) from Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY [documentary, 80 mn]
 
Editor
2020 - Gunda (Гунда) from Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY [documentary, 93 mn]
2018 - Akvarel (Акварель) from Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY [documentary, 90 mn]
2003 - Tishe! (Тише!) from Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY [documentary, 80 mn]
1998 - Pavel i Lyalya. Ierusalimskiy romans (Павел и Ляля. Иерусалимский романс) from Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY [documentary, 35 mn]
 
Producer
2005 - Svyato (Свято) from Viktor KOSSAKOVSKY [documentary, 33 mn]
 
Sites : Kinopoisk, IMDb, filmDOC

Awards :
For contributions to documentaries, National Documentary Awards : Laurel, Russia, 2021
Gunda :
Best documentary, Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2020
Akvarel :
Best documentary, Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2018
Da zdravstvuyun antipody! :
Best documentary, National Documentary Awards : Laurel, Moscow (Russia), 2012
Best documentary, Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2012
Best full-length documentary film, Message to Man : International Short, Documentary and Animated Film Festival, St Petersburg (Russia), 2011
Svyato :
Best documentary, Festival Kinoblick, Stuttgart (Germany), 2006
Sreda 19.07.1961 :
Best documentary, "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 1997
Belovy :
Premier prix, prix du jury oecuménique, prix de la Fipresci et prix du public au Festival du Film documentaire, Nion (Suisse), 1993
Sreda 19.07.1961 :
FIPRESCI Prize , Berlin International Film Festival - Panorama 1997
Ecumenical Jury Award , "Message to Man" Int. Film Festival, St. Petersburg 1997,
Best Documentary (Observer Prize), Edinburgh International Film Festival 1997
Critics Prize, Award of Professional Championship Jekatarinenburg Film Festival 1997,
First Prize; Vyborg Festival of Russian Film 1997,
"Triumph" - Russian Independent Prize for Achievment in Art, 1998

Pavel i Lyalya. Ierusalimskiy romans :
- Prix au Festival du film documentaire de Nyon, 1999
- Prix du meilleur documentaire au Festival « Message to Man », Saint-Pétersbourg, 1998
- Prix spécial du jury au Festival international de film d’Amsterdam, 1998
- Prix du jury et prix de la FIPRESCI au Festival de Leipsig, 1998
Svyato :
Prix "Lavr" du meilleur documentaire, 2006

Biography
No English biography available !
 
Victor Kossakovski est né le 19 juillet 1961 à Leningrad (Saint-Pétersbourg). De 1978 à 1986, il est assistant-opérateur, assistant-réalisateur et monteur au Studio de films documentaires de Saint-Pétersbourg. De 1986 à 1989, il étudie au VGIK (Institut national du cinéma) à Moscou. Il réalise des documentaires à Saint-Pétersbourg depuis 1989.


commentaries
- Architecton Review: Victor Kossakovsky’s Mesmerizing Documentary on What We Take From the Earth to Build Upon It Guy LODGE, 2024, Variety, 19/02/2024
- Architecton, critique du film 2024, Le Bleu du Miroir
- Архитектон Виктора Косаковского: после «Гунды» — фильма о свинье — автор снял невероятный док о камнях (да-да, о камнях) И это единственная картина на Берлинале от режиссера из России [Film Architecton (Архитектон), 2023, de Viktor KOSSAKOVSKI] , Anton DOLIN, 2024, meduza.io
- Berlinale 2024 Compétition. Critique : Architecton Davide ABBATESCIANNI, 2024, Cineuropa
- Bilan de la Berlinale 2024 : Architecton – Une exploration méditative sur une chute gravée dans la pierre Jean DELAUNAY, 2024, observatoiredeleurope.com
- The Match Factory Boards Victor Kossakovsky’s Architecton Ahead of Berlinale Premiere, A24 to Release in North America Leo BARRACLOUGH, 2024, Variety, 31/01/2024
- Gunda, le dernier film du documentariste russe Victor Kossakovsky est un tour de force. 2021, fr.euronews.com
- Viktor Kossakovsky: Gunda (Norway/US, 2020) Raymond De LUCA, 2021, Kinokultura
- 70e Berlinale: Gunda – Parlez à travers les images du cinéma documentaire Aina RIU, 2020, breakingnews.fr
- Gunda [film de Viktor KOSSAKOVSKI] au festival de Berlin 2020, Festival de Berlin 2020
- Gunda, plongée dans le monde animal Louise VANDEGINSTE, 2020, lesinrocks.com
- «Гунда»: выдающийся фильм Виктора Косаковского о жизни свиньи (а также кур и коров) Исполнительный продюсер — Хоакин Феникс Антон ДОЛИН, 2020, meduza.io
- BERLINALE 2020 Encounters Critique : Gunda Kaleem AFTAB, 2020, cineuropa.org
- Film : Aquarela Marielle, 2020, onirik.net
- Joaquin Phoenix et une truie pour un documentaire pro-vegan étonnant [Gunda de Victor Kossakovski] 2020, lematin.ch
- La Roche-sur-Yon | Critique : Gunda Nicolas BARDOT, 2020, lepolyester.com
- RUSSIA BEYOND : Sept films documentaires russes qui vous captiveront jusqu'au bout Ekaterina SINELCHTCHIKOVA, 2020, RUSSIA BEYOND
- ‘Aquarela’: Inside the Most Dangerous Documentary Ever Made Anne Thompson, 2019, IndieWire
- Aquarela - L'Odyssée de l'eau. Documentaire de Viktor Kossakovsky (2019) 2019, senscritique.com
- RUSSIA BEYOND : À ne pas manquer: les trois films qui représenteront la Russie aux Oscars 2020 Ekaterina SINELCHTCHIKOVA, 2019, RUSSIA BEYOND
- Victor Kossakovsky: Aquarela (2018) James NORTON, 2019, Kinokultura
- A propos du DVD du film Les Belov de Victor Kossakovski, aux éditions Potemkine Virgile DUMEZ, 2013, avoir-alire.com
- Везунчик Виктор Косаковский , Mikhail LEMKHIN, 2012, chayka.org
- Victor Kossakovsky : ¡Vivan Las Antipodas! (2011) , Birgit BEUMERS, 2012, kinokultura.com
- 90-е. Кино, которое мы потеряли , Larisa MALUKOVA, 2007, Зебра Е ; 2007 г.