Alexander Sokurov

Filmmaker Alexander SOKUROV (1951, Russia) was educated at the VGIK, the Russian state institute of cinematography. He is well-known for his pure, uncompromising cinema, and has made about 30 features and many shorts and documentaries. Many of his films were banned by Soviet authorities. With his video films, Sokurov was Rotterdam’s Film Maker in Focus in 1998. His feature films and documentaries received several awards, including the Leopard of Honour at the Locarno International Film Festival 2006, and the Golden Lion in Venice for Faust (2011). Francofania (2015) was also nominated for the Golden Lion. His final film Skazka (2022) was selected for IFFR 2023.

Filmografie

Samye zemnye zaboty (1974, TV doc), Pozyvnye R1NN (1975, TV doc), Leto Marii Voynovoy (1975, TV), Mariya-Krestyanskaya elegiya/Maria (Peasant Elegy) (1988, short), Posledni den’ nenastnogo leta (1979, short doc), Razzhalovannyy/Degraded (1980, short), Altovaya sonata: Dmitrii Shostakovich/Sonata for Viola (1981), Elegiya/Elegy (1986), Ampir/The Empire Style (1986, short), Zhertva vechernyaya/Evening Sacrifice (1987, short), Terpenie, trud/Patience Labour (1987, short), Odinokiy golos cheloveka/The Lonely Voice of Man (1987), Skorbnoye beschuvstviye/Painful Indifference (1987), I nichego bolshe/And Nothing More (1987), Mariya-Krestyanskaya elegiya/Maria (Peasant Elegy) (1988, short), Moskovskaya Elegiya/Moscow Elegy (1988), Dni zatmeniya/Days of Eclipse (1988), Spasi i sokhrani/Save and Protect (Madame Bovary) (1989), Sonata dlya Gitlera/Sonata for Hitler (1989, short), Peterburgskaya Elegiya/Petersburg Elegy (1990, short), Sovjetskaya elegiya/Soviet Elegy (1990, short), Prostaya Elegiya/Simple Elegy (1990), Krug vtoroy/The Second Circle (1990), K sobytiyam v Zakavkazye/To the Events in Transcaucasia (1990, short), Leningradskaya retrospektiva/Leningrad Retrospective (1957-1990) (1990, doc), Primer intonatsii/An Example of Intonation (1991, short), Kamen/Stone (1992), Elegiya iz Rossii/Elegy From Russia (1992), Tikhie stranitsy/Whispering Pages (1993), Soldatskiy son/Soldier’s Dream (1995, short doc), Dukhovnye golosa/Spiritual Voices (1995, doc), Vostochnaya Elegiya/Oriental Elegy (1996, short), Robert: Schastlivaya zhizn/Hubert Robert: A Fortunate Life (1996, short), Peterburgskiy dnevnik. Otkritie pamyatnika Dostoeskomu/Diary of St. Petersburg: Inauguration of the Monument to Dostoevsky (1997, TV doc), Smirennaya zhizn/Humble Life (1997, doc), Mat i syn/Mother and Son (1997), Povinnost/Confession (1998, TV doc), Peterburgskiy dnevnik. Kvartira Kozintseva/Diary of St. Petersburg. Kozintsev’s Flat (1998, TV doc), Uzel/The Knot (1998, doc), Molokh/Moloch (1999), Robert. Schastlivaya zhizn/Robert. A Fortunate Life (1999, short), Dolce (1999, doc), Telets/Taurus (2001), Elegiya dorogi/Elegy of a Voyage (2001), Russkiy kovcheg/Russian Ark (2002), Otets i syn/Father and Son (2003), Petersburgskiy dvevnik: Motsart. Rekviem/Diary of Saint Petersburg: Mozart. Requiem (2004, TV doc), Solntse/The Sun (2004), Elegiya zhizni. Rostropovich. Vishnevskaya/Elegy of Life: Rostropovich Vishnevskaya (2006, doc), Aleksandra/Alexandra (2007), Chitaem ‘blockadnuyu knigu’/Reading Book of Blockade (2009), Intonatsiya. Valery Zorkin (2010, short doc), Intonatsiya. Sergei Slonimsky (2010, short doc), Intonatsiya. Arsen Kanokov (2010, short doc), Intonatsiya. Boris Averin (2010, short doc), Intonatsiya. Yuri Shmidt (2010, short doc), Intonatsiya. Vladimir Yakunin (2010, short doc), Faust (2011), Francofonia (2015), Skazka/Fairytale (2022)

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