THE INVASION

Director - Sergei Loznitsa

Script - Sergei Loznitsa

Camera - Evgeny Adamenko, Piotr Pawlus

Producers - Maria Choustova, Sergei Loznitsa

Ten years after the release of his epic film “Maidan”, Sergei Loznitsa continues his Ukrainian chron-icles and documents his country’s struggle against the Russian invasion. Shot over a two year peri-od, the film portrays the life of the civilian population all over Ukraine and presents a unique and ul-timate statement of Ukrainian resilience in the face of a barbaric invasion. In the second part of his Ukrainian diptych, Loznitsa paints a monumental canvas of a nation determined to defend its right to exist.

“Loznitsa’s silent observation of civilians is in fact a deafening statement on the reality of war and a tribute to the heroism of everyday life.”
Natalia Kozáková, Karlovy Vary IFF

Program

24.03.2025
CULTURAL CENTER G8 - 20.00 часа
25.03.2025
FRENCH INSTITUTE – SLAVEIKOV CINEMA - 19.00 часа
23.03.2025
EURO CINEMA - 19.30 часа

Sergei Loznitsa

Sergei Loznitsa was born on September 5th 1964. He grew up in Kiev (Ukraine), and in 1987 graduated from the Kiev Polytechnic with a degree in Applied Mathematics. In 1987-1991 Sergei worked as a scientist at the Kiev Institute of Cybernetics, specializing in artificial intelligence research.
In 1997 Loznitsa graduated from the Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow, where he studied feature filmmaking.
Sergei Loznitsa has been making films since 1996, and by now he has directed 21 award-winning documentaries and 4 fiction films.
Loznitsa’s feature debut “MY JOY” (2010) premiered in the main competition at the Festival de Cannes, and was followed by the feature film “IN THE FOG” (2012), which was awarded FIPRESCI prize at the 65th Festival de Cannes. In 2017, Sergei Loznitsa presented his third feature “A GENTLE CREATURE” in the competition of the Festival de Cannes. In 2018, Loznitsa received the prize for Best Directing of the Un Certain Regard section of Festival de Cannes for his fourth feature film, “DONBASS”.
In 2013 Sergei Loznitsa founded a film production company ATOMS & VOID.
Sergei Loznitsa’s feature-length documentary “MAIDAN” (2014), the chronicles of the Ukrainian revolution, had its world premiere at a Séance Special of Festival de Cannes. His subsequent feature length documentaries, “THE EVENT” (2015), “AUSTERLITZ” (2016), “THE TRIAL” (2018) and “STATE FUNERAL” (2019) were presented at the Special Screenings of the Venice Film Festival.
Sergei Loznitsa continues to work both in documentary and feature genres.

FILMOGRAPHY

1996 Today We Are Going To Build A House – doc.
1998 Life, Autumn – doc.
2000 The Train Stop – doc.
2001 Settlement – doc.
2002 Portrait – doc.
2003 Landscape – doc.
2004 Factory – doc.
2005 Blockade – doc.
2006 Artel – doc.
2008 Revue – doc.
2008 Northern Light – doc.
2010 My Joy
2012 In the Fog
2012 O Milagre de Santo António – doc.
2013 Letter – doc.
2014 Reflections/Bridges of Sarajevo – doc.
2014 Maidan – doc.
2014 The Old Jewish Cemetery – doc.
2015 The Event – doc.
2016 Austerlitz – doc.
2017 A Gentle Creature
2018 Victory Day – doc.
2018 Donbass
2018 The Trial – doc.
2019 State Funeral (documentary, 2019, 135 min)

THE INVASION

Netherlands-France-USA, 2024, 145′, color, documentary

Program

Sergei Loznitsa