Gunda, 2020

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2020

Norway, USA

Victor Kosakovsky
Anita Rehoff Larsen, Jocelyn Barnes
Victor Kosakovsky, Ainara Vera
Victor Kosakovsky, Egil Haskold Larsen
documentary
6+
93 min.

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2020
Norway, USA
Victor Kosakovsky
Anita Rehoff Larsen, Jocelyn Barnes
Victor Kosakovsky, Ainara Vera
Victor Kosakovsky, Egil Haskold Larsen
documentary
6+
93 min.

Gunda

We share this planet with billions of domestic livestock, but we tend to ignore their feelings and emotions. Through an acquaintance with a pig named Gunda and her piglets, two remarkable cows and a one-legged chicken, acclaimed documentary filmmaker Viktor Kossakovsky reminds us of how precious life is and how mysterious the consciousness of all animals is, including our own.

Selected festival history

2020-2021
Stockholm International Film Festival (Stockholm, Sweden) (best documentary)
Sofia International Film Festival (Sofia, Bulgaria) (Special Mention for Best Documentary)
Russian Guild of Film Critics Prize (Moscow, Russia) (Winner Best Documentary)
La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival (La Roche-sur-Yon, France)
Dublin International Film Festival (Dublin, Ireland) (Dublin Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography)
International Festival of Documentary and Short Films "Dokufest" (Prizren, Kosovo)
Berlin International Film Festival (Berlin, Germany)
Bergen International Film Festival (Bergen, Norway)

Victor Kosakovsky

DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY:
Viktor Kossakovsky is a trailblazing documentary filmmaker whose works have won over one hundred awards at national and international festivals. He began his career at the Leningrad Studio of Documentaries, where he worked as an assistant cameraman, assistant director and editor. In 2011 Kossakovsky's film ¡Vivan las antípodas! was honored as the opening film of the Venice Film Festival.

DIRECTOR'S FILMOGRAPHY:
2020 – «Gunda»
2018 – «Watercolor»
2016 – «Seeds of the Champion»
2015 – «Chickenpox»
2015 – «Manifestación»
2014 – «Short Stories»
2013 – «Demonstration»
2012 – «Air Display»
2005 – «Holy»
2011 – «Long live the antipodes!»
2003 – «Russia from my window»
2003 – «Hush!»
2000 – «I loved you»
1999 – «Pavel and Lyalya. Jerusalem romance»
1997 – «Wednesday 07/19/1961»
1992 – «The Belovs»
1991 – «The other day»
1989 – «Losev»

Victor Kosakovsky

DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY:
Viktor Kossakovsky is a trailblazing documentary filmmaker whose works have won over one hundred awards at national and international festivals. He began his career at the Leningrad Studio of Documentaries, where he worked as an assistant cameraman, assistant director and editor. In 2011 Kossakovsky's film ¡Vivan las antípodas! was honored as the opening film of the Venice Film Festival.

DIRECTOR'S FILMOGRAPHY:
2020 – «Gunda»
2018 – «Watercolor»
2016 – «Seeds of the Champion»
2015 – «Chickenpox»
2015 – «Manifestación»
2014 – «Short Stories»
2013 – «Demonstration»
2012 – «Air Display»
2005 – «Holy»
2011 – «Long live the antipodes!»
2003 – «Russia from my window»
2003 – «Hush!»
2000 – «I loved you»
1999 – «Pavel and Lyalya. Jerusalem romance»
1997 – «Wednesday 07/19/1961»
1992 – «The Belovs»
1991 – «The other day»
1989 – «Losev»

Victor Kosakovsky

DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY:
Viktor Kossakovsky is a trailblazing documentary filmmaker whose works have won over one hundred awards at national and international festivals. He began his career at the Leningrad Studio of Documentaries, where he worked as an assistant cameraman, assistant director and editor. In 2011 Kossakovsky's film ¡Vivan las antípodas! was honored as the opening film of the Venice Film Festival.

DIRECTOR'S FILMOGRAPHY:
2020 – «Gunda»
2018 – «Watercolor»
2016 – «Seeds of the Champion»
2015 – «Chickenpox»
2015 – «Manifestación»
2014 – «Short Stories»
2013 – «Demonstration»
2012 – «Air Display»
2005 – «Holy»
2011 – «Long live the antipodes!»
2003 – «Russia from my window»
2003 – «Hush!»
2000 – «I loved you»
1999 – «Pavel and Lyalya. Jerusalem romance»
1997 – «Wednesday 07/19/1961»
1992 – «The Belovs»
1991 – «The other day»
1989 – «Losev»