BLOCKADE / 2005
SYNOPSIS
This movie is about the siege of Leningrad during the Second World War. There are no words, no music, only sounds and pictures of slowly dying city.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
original title
БЛОКАДА [BLOKADA]
english title
BLOCKADE
genre
documentary
country
Russia
year
2005
color
b&w
runtime
52 min
sound
stereo
aspect ratio
1.37:1
film format
35 mm
CREW
written & directed
Sergei Loznitsa
director(s) of photography
N. Blajkow, A. Bogorow, J. Blumberg, A. Bistrow, V. Valdaizew, N. Golod, B. Dementiew, N. Dolgow, S. Iwanow, O. Iwanow, L. Isaksohn, A. Klimow, A. Ksenovontow, R. Karmen, L. Lewitin, E. Leibowich, V. Maksimowich, S. Maslenikow, L. Medwedew, A. Nasarow, P. Pallei, F. Pechul, A. Pogoreliy, G. Simonow, B. Sinizin, V. Sinizin, J. Slawin, B. Sorokin, V. Stradin, K. Stankewich, V. Sumkin, G. Troffimow, E. Schapiro, B. Scher, G. Schuljatin, E. Uchitel, S. Fominк
sound
Vladimir Golovnitski
editing
Sergei Loznitsa
archive research
Sergei Gelver
producer(s)
Viacheslav Telnov
production
St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studios
2006: Blockade (Sergei Loznitsa)Tatiana Efremova, 2017-12-01, www.sensesofcinema.com
Is it possible to tell the story of a besieged city without the trace of an epic? Can one capture the state of emergency without melodramatic excess? Recounting the Siege of Leningrad in 1941-44, Sergei Loznitsaʼs archival documentary Blokada (Blockade, 2006) brilliantly transcends both challenges.
festivals & awards
- International Film Festival 'Stalker' in Moskau, RussiaJury Award
- International Film Festival 'Stalker' in Moskau, RussiaCritics Prix
- National cinemacritics prix for best documentary film, Russia"White Elefant"
- National academy prix 'NIKA' for best documentary film, RussiaBest Documentary
- International Film Festival 'Kontakt' in Kiew, UkrainGrand Prix
- International Film Festival Madrid, SpainSecond Prix
- St. Petersburg’s Government prix
- International Krakow Short Film Festival, PolandGrand Prix 'Gold Dragon'
- Jerusalem International Film Festival, IsraelBest Documentary Film from archive
- International Film Festival 'Message to man' St.Petersburg, RussiaJury Avard
- Film Festival Viborg, RussiaGrand Prix for Best Dokumentary Film
- Open Documentary Film Festival 'Russia' , Ekaterinburg, RussiaBest Documentary Film
- 'Golden laurel' National documentary film prix, RussiaBest Documentary
- Chicago International Documentary FestivalArie&Bozena Zweig Innovation Award