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Loznitsa: Cinema Master of Power & Memory
25 Feb
Summary
- Loznitsa masterfully uses archival footage to examine state violence and history.
- Films explore Ukraine's recent political history, including revolutions and conflict.
- Retrospective highlights historical events from WWII to Soviet collapse.
Filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa, celebrated as a master of contemporary montage cinema, is set to lead a masterclass and showcase a retrospective of his documentary work.
His films are known for their meticulous re-examination of archival footage, revealing subtexts of state violence and historical events with compelling force.
Loznitsa's retrospective includes several films focusing on Ukraine's political situation, such as "Maidan" (2014), chronicling the revolution, and "Donbass" (2018), based on amateur videos depicting conflict.
"The Invasion" (2024) captures Ukraine's resilience against Russian aggression over two years of filming.
Other featured works include "Austerlitz" (2016), which confronts the trivialization of Holocaust memory, and "Blockade" (2005), focusing on survival during the Siege of Leningrad (Sept. 8, 1941 - Jan. 27, 1944).
"The Event" (2015) revisits the August 1991 coup in Moscow, while "Babi Yar. Context" (2021) recounts the World War II massacre near Kyiv without narration.
