"IN THE FOG" by Sergei Loznitsa has become the only Russian language feature film in the official selection of the 65th Cannes Film Festival.
"I am absolutely delighted with this news! I wish to thank Festival de Cannes for their continuous support of my work and I also wish to thank my wonderful crew. Presenting one’s film in Cannes is an honour and a great responsibility. I am happy that my vision of cinema is shared and understood by those whose opinion I very much respect," – says SERGEI LOZNITSA.
The action of the WWII drama, based on the novel by the Belorussian writer Vassily Bykov, takes place on the German occupied western frontiers of the USSR in 1942. A village railway worker, Sushenya (actor Vladimir Svirski), is wrongly accused of being a collaborator, and two partisans arrive from the forest to get revenge. When Sushenya attempts to prove his innocence, his humanity is put to the ultimate test, and he is forced to make a moral choice under immoral circumstances.
"IN THE FOG" is a co-production between MA.JA.DE Fiction (Germany), GP Film Company (Russia), Rija Films (Latvia), Lemming Film (The Netherlands), Belarusfilm (Belarus) and ZDF/ARTE.
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Sergei Loznitsa has been making documentary films since 1996, and he has directed 11 documentaries. In 2000 – 2008 he worked at the St.Petersburg Documentary Film Studio. He has received numerous international and national awards, including festival prizes in Karlovy Vary, Leipzig, Oberhausen, Paris, Madrid, Toronto, Jerusalem, St-Petersburg, as well as the Russian National Film awards “Nika” and “Laurel”. Sergei Loznitsa’s montage oeuvre “Blockade” (2005) is based on the archive footage of besieged Leningrad.
In May 2010 Loznitsa’s feature debut “MY JOY” premiered in the main competition at the Festival de Cannes. The film has been awarded the Best Director’s prize and the prize of the Russian Film Critic’s Guild at the “Kinotavr” FF in Sochi, the Grand Prix at the IFF VOICES in Vologda, the “Silver Apricot” award at the IFF in Yerevan, the Best Script award at the “Kinoshock” IFF in Anapa, the FIPRESCI Prize and the Grand Prix at the “Molodist” IFF in Kiev, the Grand Prix at the “Listopad” IFF in Minsk, the Grand Prix at the “Black Nights” IFF in Tallinn.
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