BlockadeRussia
2005, 52min.
 Script/Dir./Edit.: Sergei Loznitsa, Sound: Vladimir Golovnitsky, Prod.: ViatcheslavTelnov, Prod. Company: St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio
The images comprise only the material Loznitsa found in the archives in Moscow about the siege of Leningrad during the World War II. By providing the originally silent images with a meticulously reconstructed and almost perfect soundtrack, the scenes from everyday life under siege seem to be set in the present. By not intervening in the montage but giving the scenes room to tell a story, the scenes transcend the specific history events and lead a new life. They do not evoke memories of the past, but become a breathtaking reanimation of reality. | Loznitsa, Sergei Sergei Loznitsa (born 1964, Baranowitchi, Belarus)
Film director. Winner of the Laurels Award, the prize of the Film Academy Nika, and a range of other professional awards, and prizes of international film festivals. In 1987 he graduated from the Kiev Polytechnic Institute. From 1987 to 1991 worked as a scientist in the Institute of Cybernetics, and translator from Japanese. Graduated from the department of feature film of the Film Institute VGIK (1997, workshop of Nana Djordjadze). Since 2000 he is the director of the St. Petersburg Studio of Documentary Films (SPSDF). In 2001 he emigrated to Germany with his family, but continues to work in Russia and Ukraine. My Joy is his feature film debut.
Filmography
Today We Build a House (1996), Life, Autumn (1997), The Halt (2000), The Settlement (2001), Portrait (2002), Landscape (2003), Factory (2004), The Blockade (2005), The Artel (2006), The Revue (2007), Northern Lights (2008), My Joy (2010)
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