Viktor Kossakovsky
Director · b. 1961 · Leningrad, USSR (St. Petersburg, Russia)
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 and Directors. Winner of more than a hundred prizes at Russian and international festivals.
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- Movie5.0
In his film, the Chilean film director accompanies Russian filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky during the shooting of his latest film. In Patagonia, at Lake Baikal and in Shanghai, Victor Kossakovsky explores the singular relationships between places and people on opposite sides of the world. Carlos Klein documents the making of this ambitious film in a very personal way, driven by his own inner search for images that still have an impact on us. While doing so, he reveals his own and Kossakovsky‘s ambiguous attitude towards filmmaking.
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TV9.0DocumentaryLa pelle del mondo
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