Blockade – the name of the movie made by Sergei Loznitsa. No name of war no name of city what was blockaded. No music, no words or subtitles – just some sounds sometimes. Black and white documentary chronicles – they show ordinary days of the dieing city.There are one director of movie, 40 operators and 2 and a half million characters. in this movie… According to statistics, there were 2 992 000 people in 1941 lived in Leningrad and there were just half of million people by 1944.
Awards of the movie Blockade:
Jury Award
International Film Festival ‘Stalker’ in Moskau, Russia, 2005
Critics Prix
International Film Festival ‘Stalker’ in Moskau, Russia, 2005
“White Elefant”
National cinemacritics prix for best documentary film, Russia, 2005
Best Documentary 2005
National academy prix ‘NIKA’ for best documentary film, Russia, 2005
Grand Prix
International Film Festival ‘Kontakt’ in Kiew, Ukrain, 2005
Second Prix
International Film Festival Madrid, Spain, 2006
St. Petersburg’s Government prix
for 2005
Grand Prix ‘Gold Dragon’
International Krakow Short Film Festival, Poland, 2006
Best Documentary Film from archive
Jerusalem International Film Festival, Israel, 2006
Jury Avard
International Film Festival ‘Message to man’ St.Petersburg, Russia, 2006
Grand Prix for Best Dokumentary Film
Film Festival Viborg, Russia, 2006
Best Documentary Film
Open Documentary Film Festival ‘Russia’ , Ekaterinburg, Russia, 2006
Best Documentary
‘Golden laurel’ National documentary film prix, Russia, 2006
Arie&Bozena Zweig Innovation Award
Chicago International Documentary Festival, 2007
Russian Video from Russia
Svet and Kyle
PS Blockade – the name of the movie made by Sergei Loznitsa. No name of war no name of city what was blockaded. Of course, we all know this movie is about Seige of Leningrad.