Viktor Kossakovsky
Viktor Kossakovsky was born in St. Petersburg (Leningrad) in 1961. Began working as an assistant camera operator, assistant director, and editor at the St. Petersburg (Leningrad) Studio for Documentary Films. From 1986-1988, he studied at the Higher Courses for Screenwriters... Read full bio →
Architecton
An extraordinary journey through the material that makes up our habitat: concrete and its ancestor, stone.
Gunda
A glimpse into the raw and simple power of nature through encounters with farm animals: the eponymous Gunda, a mother pig; two cows, and a one-legged chicken.
Aquarela
From massive waves to melting ice, filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky travels around the world to capture stunning images of the beauty and raw power of water.
¡Vivan las Antipodas!
The film visits antipodal places across the globe, pairing opposite points on Earth. By contrasting people and landscapes, it reveals poetic links between distant worlds and invites us to see the planet from a new perspective.
Tishe!
A Russian director films the road works in front of his house for the period of a year. But the challenge to fix a pothole seems to be impossible.
Sreda
Victor Kossakovsky searched obsessively for inhabitants of St. Petersburg who were born on Wednesday 19 July 1961, his own birthday, in former Leningrad. Fifty-one women and fifty men fitted the profile. In the course of time a few of these 101 people had died, others had moved to another community or abroad.
Belovy
Portrait of a troubled peasant family. The film tells the story of two times widow Anna Belova who lives together with her brother Mikhail.