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Mr. Landsbergis
IDFA 2021

Mr. Landsbergis

Sergei Loznitsa
Lithuania, Netherlands
2021
246 min
World Premiere
Festival history

Sergei Loznitsa is a consummate chronicler of the history of Eastern Europe, covering both fairly recent events such as the Ukrainian revolt in Maidan (2014) and earlier ones such as Stalin’s funeral in State Funeral (2019). Always vigilant in his representation of the past, he skillfully uses archive footage to make you feel like you are an eyewitness. So too in this film about the Baltic nation of Lithuania from 1989 to 1991, when it broke away from the Soviet Union. This period of peaceful protests involving lots of singing came to be known as the "singing revolution."

As one of the founders of the independence movement, the now 88-year-old Vytautas Landsbergis found himself at the center of a radical historic shift. His perceptive reflections are complemented by extensive archive footage of demonstrations, party congresses, and Soviet military intervention. The lengthy archive segments bear witness to the patience required of Landsbergis and his compatriots on the path to freedom. A captivating and detailed history lesson on the breakup of the Soviet Union.

Credits
Director
Production
    Uljana Kim for Studio Uljana Kim,
    Sergei Loznitsa for Atoms & Void,
    Maria Choustova for Atoms & Void,
    Current Time TV
    Uljana Kim for Studio Uljana Kim,
    Sergei Loznitsa for Atoms & Void,
    Maria Choustova for Atoms & Void,
    Current Time TV
Cinematography
    Povilas Baltinas
    Povilas Baltinas
Sound Design
    Saulius Urbanavičius
    Saulius Urbanavičius
Screenplay
Screening copy
    Atoms & Void
    Atoms & Void

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