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Film is a theorem: watch the documentaries of Sergei Loznitsa on Mubi

Film is a theorem: watch the documentaries of Sergei Loznitsa on Mubi
Scene from Maidan (2014, dir. Sergei Loznitsa)

16 January 2017

You probably know acclaimed Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa for his recent films Maidan (2014), The Event (2015), and Austerlitz (2016) — now online cinema club Mubi is presenting the filmmaker’s early documentaries in a special programme, “Film is a Theorem”.

Documentaries featured in the programme include Loznitsa’s first feature-length film The Settlement (2002), an observation of the relationship between a group of mentally ill patients and nature, and his 2006 work Blockade, which explores the siege of Leningrad during the Second World War through archival material.

You can find out more about “Film is a Theorem” here.