Loznitsa will conduct a masterclass on April 18, and present a selected retrospective of his documentary work.
Emilie Bujès, artistic director of Visions du Réel, said Loznitsa was “a master of contemporary montage cinema.”
She added, “His work notably includes the meticulous re-examination of archives highlighting state violence and the stutter of history, as the images’ subtext is revealed with force and perseverance.
“In both his documentary and fiction works, Sergei Loznitsa retraces decisive moments in 20th-century history and questions the structures of power and memory through cinema of great rigor and precision.”
Among the films screening are three that look at the political situation in Ukraine over recent decades.
In “Maidan” (2014), which was made in just four months and then presented in a special screening at Cannes,…
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