Artel
АРТЕЛЬ, Russia, 2006, 30 min, Beta SP, Anthropology
A classic of Russian documentary film he also stamps his typical hallmark on his latest film. Long shots fragmented with fade-outs, a sophisticated composition and the effective use of 35 mm black-and-white film. Loznitsa is able to raise seeming banality to the status of an artistic testimony indirectly reminiscent of the classics of Russian cinema. On this occasion, he takes his camera along to record an attempt to catch fish in a frozen lake in the middle of the snowy Russian plains. In this harsh natural environment, four young men try to rip from the frozen depths of nature something which will provide them with a livelihood.
Director:
Sergei Loznitsa
Director of photography:
Sergei Mikhalchuk
Screenplay:
Sergei Loznitsa
Editor:
Sergei Loznitsa
Music:
Vladimir Golovnitsky
Producer:
Viacheslav Telnov
Languages:
No dialogue
Subtitles:
No subtitles
Saint-Petersburg Documentary Film Studio
12 Krukov Canal
190068 St. Petersburg, Russia
Deckert Distribution GmbH
Marienplatz 1
D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
IDFA,
Chicago International Documentary Festival
3th ZagrebDox
Best Documentary Film under 30 minutes -
42nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
29th Moscow International Film Festival
13th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2011, Greece