Winter.
A bus stop in a small Russian town.
People wait for the bus.
They talk about their lives.
From their conversation, from scraps of sentences, we acquire an impression of the world they live in.
Space and people, their way of thinking and behaving merge within a single camera movement.
Country of Production
Germany
Year of Production
2003
Format
35mm, Digi Beta Pal, Beta SP Pal
Length
60 min
Director
Sergei Loznitsa
Production
Ma.ja.de. Filmproduktion in co-production with MDR, in association with ARTE
Original Language
Russian
Subtitles
English, German
DOK Leipzig 2003 (Award for Best Camera Work)
Cottbus FF 2003
Tempo DF Stockholm 2003
Cinéma du Réel Paris 2004
Filmfest „Augenweide“ Kiel 2004
Cracow FF 2004
Message to Man St. Petersburg 2004
Karlovy Vary IFF 2004
Jerusalem IFF 2004
Etats Généraux du Film Documentaire Lussas 2004
Cinéma des Cinéastes Paris 2004
DocLisboa 2004
Astra FF Sibiu 2004
Jihlava IDFF 2004
Filmforum Schleswig-Holstein 2004
Sheffield IDF 2004
Shadowfestival Amsterdam 2004
Filmer à tout Prix Brussels 2004 (Le prix du meilleur documentaire étranger)
Taiwan IDF Taipei 2004
DocPoint Helsinki 2005
Alpe Adria Cinema Trieste 2005
Mar del Plata 2005
GoEast Wiesbaden 2005
GoEast Berlin 2005
Vilnius IDF 2005
"Caméras des champs" IFF on Rural Life Ville-sur-Yron 2006
Yunfest Kunming 2007
ArtFilm Festival Trencin 2007
GogolFest Kiev 2008
Tertio Millennio FF Rome 2009
Alpe Adria Cinema Trieste 2011
Thessaloniki IDF 2011
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria FF 2012
GoEast FF Wiesbaden 2012
DocsBuenos Aires FF 2012
Sao Paulo IFF 2012
Taiwan IDF 2012
Planete Doc Review IDF Warsaw 2013
Astra FF Sibiu 2014
FICUNAM FF Mexico 2015
Crossing Europe IFF Linz 2015
Ljubljana IDF 2016
Krakow IFF 2018
ZagrebDox 2019
