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Sergei Loznitsa
October 23, 2026 – November 24, 2026
The Museum of Modern Art
MoMA presents the first complete North American retrospective of Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa, opening on October 23 with the North American premiere of his latest film, Imperium. The series spans Loznitsa’s 30-year career in fiction and nonfiction cinema, from his observations of daily life in the Russian countryside in the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union to his reckonings with war, genocide, and historical amnesia: the siege of Leningrad in Blockade (2005), the civil uprising against the regime of Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych in Maidan (2014), the massacre of nearly 34,000 Jews by Nazi death squads and Ukrainian collaborators during World War II in Babi Yar. Context (2019), and Stalin’s Great Purge in The Trial (2018) and Two Prosecutors (2025).
Now based in Berlin and Lithuania, Loznitsa will present these films and other award-winning works, including Donbass (2018), A Gentle Creature (2017), and My Joy (2010), as well as two films inspired by the writings of W. G. Sebald, The Natural History of Destruction (2022) and Austerlitz (2016).
Please refer to the screening schedule here.
Organized by Joshua Siegel, Curator, and Olivia Priedite, Program Coordinator, Department of Film.
Film at MoMA is made possible by CHANEL.
Additional support is provided by the Annual Film Fund. Leadership support for the Annual Film Fund is provided by The Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art, Agnes Gund through The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art, the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP), and The Young Patrons Council of The Museum of Modern Art.
Images
Imperium. 2026. Germany/Italy/France/Lithuania. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa. Courtesy Essential Filmproduktion, Kino Produzioni, Société Parisienne de Production, Studio Uljana Kim – footage courtesy of AAMOD
A Gentle Creature (КРОТКАЯ). 2017. France/Germany/Lithuania. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa. Courtesy Slot Machine
Une nuit a l’opera (A Night at the Opera). 2020. France. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa. Courtesy Atoms & Void
Austerlitz. 2016. Germany. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa. Courtesy of Atoms & Void
Babi Yar. Context (БАБИЙ ЯР. КОНТЕКСТ). 2021. Netherlands/Ukraine. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa. Courtesy Atoms & Void
Blockade (БЛОКАДА). 2005. Russia. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa. Courtesy Atoms & Void
Champ de Mars. 2026. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa. Courtesy Atoms & Void
Donbass (ДОНБАСС). 2018. Germany/Ukraine/France/Netherlands/Romania. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa. DCP courtesy Film Movement
Factory (ФАБРИКА). 2004. Russia. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa. Courtesy Atoms & Void
In the Fog (В ТУМАНЕ). 2012. Germany/Russia/Latvia/Netherlands/Belarus. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa. Courtesy Strand Releasing
Landscape (ЛАНДШАФТ). 2003. Germany. Written and directed by Sergei Loznitsa. Courtesy Ma.ja.de. Filmproduktions GmbH
Mr. Landsbergis. 2021. Lithuania. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa. Courtesy Atoms & Void
My Joy (СЧАСТЬЕ МОЕ). 2010. Germany/Ukraine/Netherlands. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa. Courtesy Kino Lorber
The Natural History of Destruction. 2022. Germany. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa. Courtesy Atoms & Void
The Old Jewish Cemetery (СТАРОЕ ЕВРЕЙСКОЕ КЛАДБИЩЕ). 2014. Latvia. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa. Courtesy Atoms & Void
Paleontology Lesson. 2025. Netherlands. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa. Courtesy Atoms & Void
The Trial (ПРОЦЕСС). 2018. Netherlands. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa. Courtesy Atoms & Void
Revue (ПРЕДСТАВЛЕНИЕ). 2008. Germany/Russia. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa. Courtesy Ma.ja.de. Filmproduktions GmbH
Settlement (ПОСЕЛЕНИЕ). 2001. Russia. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa. Courtesy Atoms & Void
State Funeral (ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЕ ПОХОРОНЫ). 2019. Netherlands/Lithuania. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa. Courtesy MUBI
Maidan (МАЙДАН). 2014. Ukraine. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa. Courtesy Atoms & Void
The Event (СОБЫТИЕ). 2015. Netherlands. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa. Courtesy Atoms & Void
The Invasion. 2024. Ukraine. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa. Courtesy Atoms & Void
The Kiev Trial (КИЕВСКИЙ ПРОЦЕСС). 2022. Netherlands/Ukraine. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa. Courtesy Atoms & Void
Today We Are Going to Build a House (СЕГОДНЯ МЫ ПОСТРОИМ ДОМ). 1996. Russia. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa, Marat Magambetov. Courtesy Atoms & Void
Two Prosecutors. 2025. France/Germany/Netherlands/Latvia/Romania/Lithuania. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa. Courtesy Janus Films
Victory Day (День Победы). 2018. Germany. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa. Courtesy Atoms & Void