Victor Kossakovsky

Victor Kossakovsky began his career in cinema at the Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) Studio of Documentaries as an assistant cameraman, assistant director and editor in 1978. He graduated from the Higher Courses of Film Writers and Directors in Moscow in 1988. His first feature film Belovy (The Belovs) won both the VPRO Joris Ivens Award and the Audience Award at the IDFA 1993, Golden Centaur, Golden Cysterion and dozen other prizes.

Later he made films: Wednesday 19.07.1961, Pavel and Lyalya, I loved you…, Tishe!, ¡Vivan Las Antipodas!, Demonstration, Aquarela, Gunda, Architecton, Trillion and Holy Wood Dust.

Kossakovsky’s films have won over 100 international awards and have been shown at dozens of festivals around the world, including Venice IFF, Sundance IFF, and Berlin IFF.

Tishe!, ¡Vivan Las Antipodas!, and Gunda were nominated for Best Documentary at the European Film Academy Awards. Aquarela and Gunda were shortlisted for Oscar.