Sergei Loznitsa

Biography

Sergei Vladimirovich Loznitsa (Belarusian: Сяргей Уладзіміравіч Лазніца, Ukrainian: Сергій Володимирович Лозниця, Russian: Сергей Владимирович Лозница; born 5 September, 1964; Baranovichi, Brest Voblast) is a Ukrainian director of Belarusian origin known for his documentary as well as dramatic films. Born in 1964, Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa grew up in Kyiv, and graduated from Kyiv Polytechnic in 1987 with a degree in Applied Mathematics. In 1997, Loznitsa graduated from the Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow, where he studied feature filmmaking. Sergei Loznitsa has directed 18 documentary films since 1996 and has received numerous international awards, including festival prizes in Karlovy Vary, Leipzig, Oberhausen, Krakow, Paris, Madrid, Toronto, Jerusalem and St. Petersburg, as well as the Russian National Film awards “Nika” and “Laurel”. Loznitsa’s feature debut My Joy (2010) premiered in competition at the Festival de Cannes, and was followed by In the Fog, which also premiered in competition at the Festival de Cannes in May 2012, where it was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize. His feature film A Gentle Creature premiered in competition at the Festival…

Directed

1. Donbass (2018) — Director
2. A Gentle Creature (2017) — Director
3. In the Fog (2012) — Director
4. My Joy (2010) — Director
5. Two Prosecutors (2025) — Director
6. State Funeral (2019) — Director
7. The Halt (2000) — Director
8. Portrait (2002) — Director
9. Maidan (2014) — Director
10. Blockade (2006) — Director
11. Factory (2004) — Director
12. The Trial (2018) — Director
13. Babi Yar. Context (2021) — Director
14. The Event (2015) — Director
15. Austerlitz (2016) — Director
16. The Letter (2013) — Director
17. The Settlement (2001) — Director
18. Landscape (2003) — Director
19. Victory Day (2018) — Director
20. The Bridges of Sarajevo (2014) — Director
21. Artel (2006) — Director
22. Revue (2008) — Director
23. A Night at the Opera (2020) — Director
24. The Miracle of Saint Anthony (2012) — Director
25. Northern Lights (2008) — Director
26. Life, Autumn (1999) — Director
27. Mr. Landsbergis (2021) — Director
28. Celles qui chantent (2020) — Director
29. The Kiev Trial (2022) — Director
30. The Invasion (2025) — Director
31. The Old Jewish Cemetery (2015) — Director
32. Today We Are Going to Build a House (1996) — Director
33. The Natural History of Destruction (2023) — Director
34. Reflections (2020) — Director
35. The Ways of the World: Vol. 1 (2010) — Director
36. Over the Roads, Over the River (2014) — Director
37. Paleontology Lesson (2025) — Director
38. Imperium — Director
39. Champ de Mars (2026) — Director

Also appeared in

1. A Nation Denied: Ukraine's Battle for History (2024) — Self
2. Butterflies (2016) — Self