Sergei Loznitsa

Award-winning documentarian Sergei Loznitsa was born on September 5, 1964, in Baranovichi, Belarus (former USSR). He grew up in Kiev, Ukraine, where he graduated from the Kiev Polytechnic Institute with a degree in engineering and mathematics. He worked for several years at the Institute of Cybernetics as a scientist involved in the development of expert systems and artificial intelligence.

In 1991, Sergei entered the Russian State Institute of Cinematography in Miscow, graduating in 1997, and eventually startd producing his films at the prestigious Documentary Films Studio in St. Petersburg. In 2001, he moved with his family to Germany.

Sergei has made three full-length documentaries and eight shorter titles, winning awards at festivals in Oberhausen, Leipzig, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Madrid, St. Petersburg, Karlovy Vary, Vila de Conde, and Krakow.

In 2010, he completed his first dramatic feature, My Joy, which has been selected for Competition at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival.

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