Portrait

PORTRAIT is a timeless film about human dignity and grace.
A portrait of down-to-earth peasants.
Not only we, as spectators, look into their faces, but they also look at us.
This work of art changes opinions. It is a return to the original function of the cinematic device to document human life and the eternity of nature.

Trailer

Details

Country of Production
Russia

Year of Production
2002

Format
35 mm, Digi Beta Pal, Digi Beta SP

Length
28 min

Director
Sergei Loznitsa

Production
St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studios

Original Language
without words

Festivals / Awards

DOK Leipzig 2002 (Silver Dove)
International Short FF Tampere 2003
International Short FF Oberhausen 2003 (Grand Prize of the City of Oberhausen)
Media Wave Györ 2003
Karlovy Vary IFF 2003 (Special Mention)
Villa do Conde 2003
Les Ecrans Documentaires IFF 2003 (Best Short Film Prize)
Cracow IFF 2003
Message to Man St. Petersburg 2003
Montecatini IFF 2003
Jerusalem IFF 2003
Lussas IFF
Helsinki DocPoint FF
Vyborg FF Russia
Yekaterinburg Russian Festival
MOMA New York
Rio de Janeiro IFF
Jihlava IFF
Bratislava IFF
Russian Retrospective in Germany 2004
Filmer à tout Prix Brussels 2004
Taiwan IDF 2004
Mar del Plata 2005
Caméra de Champs Ville-sur-Yron 2006
EDOC Quito 2006