The barnyard setting of “Gunda” could hardly be more familiar, but in Russian director Victor Kossakovsky's documentary, a pigsty is rendered an almost alien landscape. Kossakovsky's film is shot in ...

Watch how Victor Kossakovsky constructed a camera-friendly barn, used a disco ball for light, and stayed true to the detailed language of pigs. “Gunda” is, in many ways, a remarkably simple film about ...

"Aquarela" director Victor Kossakovsky returns with a new film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The 2020 Berlin International Film Festival is just getting started, but Joaquin Phoenix and ...

Imagine a mother raising a large family, nurturing her children from birth, tending to their every need, only to have them plucked from her, not knowing where they’ve been taken. Imagine the mother’s ...

Viktor Kosakovskiy’s existentialist, meditative masterpiece Gunda reminds a great deal of the contemplative works of Mexican filmmaker Carlos Reygadas. Using only diegetic sound and stark, expressive ...

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Joaquin Phoenix, among the world’s most prominent vegan campaigners, is merely an executive producer – and that can mean anything – on this wonderful documentary concerning the life of a charismatic ...

One of 2020’s most gorgeously photographed films frames the year’s least likely breakout star: a formidable Norwegian sow named Gunda, who lends her name to the latest documentary from Russian ...

“That’s it,” cries Viktor Kossakovsky. “Unfortunately, in Russian, there is nothing like this. Thank you! I was searching for this particular word.” The word that has struck a chord with the Russian ...

Imagine a mother raising a large family, nurturing her children from birth, tending to their every need, only to have them plucked from her, not knowing where they’ve been taken. Imagine the mother’s ...