Poselenije
Settlement
A master of detailed, minimalist observation, Loznitsa introduces us
to a rural settlement where the residents are seemingly involved in everyday farm work – harvesting fields, chopping wood,
working at a sawmill, maintaining the property. Yet as we watch the workers, we notice strange inconsistencies in their routines
– the wood never appears to be cut, the grain never harvested – and it soon becomes apparent that what we are witnessing is
neither a farm nor some sort of labor commune. Gradually, we come to understand the workers, are in fact, patients. Their
daily chores, though earnestly performed, serve only therapeutic purposes.
Director's Biography
Sergei Loznitsa was born 1964 in Belarus and grew up in the
Ukraine. Graduated from the Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow in 1997. He has been making documentary
films since 1996 and has received numerous national and international awards. In 2010 Loznitsa’s feature debut MY JOY premiered
in the main competition at the Festival de Cannes followed by IN THE FOG in 2012 and MAIDAN in 2014. SEGODNYA MY POSTROIM
DOM (Today We Are Going To Build A House, co-directed by Marat Magambetov, 1996, short doc), ZHIZN, OSEN (Life, Autumn, co-directed
by Marat Magambetov, 1998, short doc), POLUSTANOK (The Train Stop, 2000, short doc), POSELENIJE (The Settlement, 2001, doc),
PORTRET (Portrait, 2002, short doc), PEYZAZH (Landscape, 2003, doc), FABRIKA (Factory, 2004, short doc), BLOKADA (Blockade,
2005, doc), ARTEL (2006, short doc), SEVERNY SVET (Northern Light, 2008, doc), PREDSTAVLENYE (Revue, 2009, doc), SCHASTYE
MOE (My Joy, 2010), V TUMANE (In The Fog, 2012; CE '13), O MILAGRE DE SANTO ANTÓNIO (The Miracle of Saint Anthony, 2012, short
doc), PISMO (The Letter, 2012, short doc), REFLECTIONS. DIRECTOR'S CUT (2014, short doc), MAIDAN (2014, doc), THE OLD JEWISH
CEMETERY (2014, short doc)
Tribute 2015
Sergei
Loznitsa
Russia 2001
black and white
80 minutes
without dialogue
Cinematography
Pavel Kostomarov
Sound/Sounddesign
Valeriy Petriaschwilie
Producer(s) Viacheslav Telnov (St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio)
Production
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