Aleksandr Rogozhkin

Alexander Rogozhkin (1949, Leningrad, USSR), studied history, theory of art and graphics at Leningrad State University, and after working as a scenographer at Lenfilm studied direction at VGIK (1977–82). He made the important films For a Few Lines (Radi neskolkich strochek, 1985), The Guard (Karaul, 1986), The Chekist (Chekista, 1991), and Act (Akt, 1993), all produced by Lenfilm. His films Life with an Idiot (Zhizn s idiotom, 1993), and the ironic comedies Peculiarities of the National Hunt (Osobennosti natsionalnoi okhoty, 1995) and Peculiarities of the National Hunt in Winter (Osobennosti natsionalnoi okhoty v zimniy period, 2000), have been screened at the Karlovy Vary Festival, where he also won best Director for his Chechen War drama Checkpoint (Blokpost, 1998) and praise for his philosophical treatment of the Soviet-Finnish War Cuckoo (Kukushka, 2002). His Transit (Peregon, 2006) is also an unusual evocation of conditions during the 2nd World War.

MFF Karlovy Vary