SvyatoRussia
2005, 45min.
 Script: Victor Kossakovsky, Tatiana Stepanova, Dir./Edit./Prod.: Victor Kossakovsky, Dir. of Phot.: Victor Kossakovsky, Juriy Shvedov, Compos.: Alexandr Popov, Sound: Alexander Dudarev.
Prod. Company: Kossakovsky Film Production
Svyato is the first film in a planned trilogy (working title Palindrome) by director Victor Kossakovsky. "Svyato" means both "happy, clear, joyful," as well as "holy." But Svyato is also the short form for Svyatoslav - the nickname of the two-year-old subject of this film. For the first time in his life, Svyato looks in the mirror. Simultaneously, his reflection is recorded by three HD cameras. Kossakovsky calls Svyato a film about "self-cognition and loneliness." "A baby can be surrounded by love; parents can play with him and teach him things, but no one can help him with the most important questions. Who am I? With a question like that, you are on your own. You can read a lot of books about love or God, but in the end, you are the only one who can answer the question as to whether they exist or not." | Kossakovsky, Victor  Born 19.07.1961, St. Peterburg.
Since 1978 he worked at the Leningrad studio of Documentaries as assistant cameraman, assistant director and editor. In 1988 he finished the Higher Courses of Film Writers and Directors in Moscow. His very first work, a documentary portrait of the well-known Russian idealist philosopher, Alexey Losev, was awarded a number of prizes. “The Belovs,” telling about a Russian peasant woman, Anna Fedorovna, and her brother, brought Kossakovsky world recognition and more than 20 awards, including the 1993 Yoris Ivens Award. The film “Hush” has been shown in more than 100 countries in the world.
Filmography
Losev (1990), These Days (1991), The Belovs (1993), Wednesday 19.7.1961 (1997), Pavel and Lyalya (1998), Wedding (2000), Kindergarten (2000), Hush! (2002), Svyato (2005)
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