LETTER

Letter

Rusia. 2012. Blanco/negro. 20 min. Documental. .
  • Film Director: Sergei Loznitsa.
  • Scriptwriter: Sergei Loznitsa.
  • Cinematography: Pavel Kostomarov.
  • Editing: Sergei Loznitsa.
  • Sound: Vladimir Golovnitski.
  • Producer: Maria Choustova-Baker; Sergei Loznitsa.
  • Co-production: Países Bajos
A remote village in the North-West of Russia. A mental asylum is located in an old wooden house. The place and its inhabitants seem to be untouched by civilization. In this pristine setting no articulate human voice is heard, and pain is muted.

Sergei Loznitsa
Born in 1964 in Belarus, Sergei grew up in Kiev. In 1997 he graduated from the Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), where he studied feature film-making. Sergei has been making documentary films since 1996. He has directed 13 documentaries and has received numerous international and national awards. His feature debut "My Joy" (2010) premiered in the main competition of the Cannes IFF. It was followed by the WWII drama "In the Fog", which was screened in competition in Cannes in 2012, and was awarded the Fipresci prize.
"In the fog" (2012) / "My Joy" (2010) / "Revue" (2008) / "Blockade" (2005) / "Factory" (2004) / "Landscape" (2003) / "Portrait" (2002) / "The train station - Polustanok" (2000)