State Funeral (2019 film)

State Funeral (Russian: Государственные похороны, romanized: Gosudarstvennye pohorony) is a 2019 internationally co-produced documentary film by Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa. It examines the ceremony and aftermath of Joseph Stalin, dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1929 to his death in 1953.

State Funeral
Directed bySergei Loznitsa
Written bySergei Loznitsa
Produced by
  • Sergei Loznitsa
  • Maria Choustova
Edited byDanielius Kokanauskis
Production
companies
Distributed byCinema Prestige (Russia)
Release dates
  • September 6, 2019 (2019-09-06) (Venice)
  • November 22, 2019 (2019-11-22) (Lithuania)
Running time
135 minutes
Countries
  • Netherlands
  • Lithuania
LanguageRussian
Box office$48,003[1]

Individuals shown in archive footage

Release

State Funeral premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival on 6 September 2019, and the Toronto International Film Festival a week later on the 13th. It saw theatrical exhibition in Lithuania starting on 22 November 2019, and continued through film festivals and other territories before a limited release in the United States on 7 May 2021, before a streaming release on MUBI two weeks later, available also in Australia, Canada, Ireland, India, Latin America, New Zealand, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 88% based on 25 reviews, with an average rating of 7.20/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "If State Funeral risks repetitiveness in its patient approach, the glimpse of history it offers remains a fascinating -- and frightening -- look at life under a totalitarian regime."[2] Metacritic reports a weighted average score of 81 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[3]

Award Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Docaviv International Documentary Film Festival Depth of Field Competition Sergei Loznitsa Nominated [4]
Depth of Field Competition - Honorable Mention Won
IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival Silvestre Award (Best Feature Film) Nominated [5]
National Lithuania Film Awards Best Co-Production Film Sergei Loznitsa
Atoms & Void		 Nominated [6]
Audience Award Nominated
Best Film Editing Danielius Kokanauskis
Atoms & Void		 Nominated
Best Sound Mixing Vladimir Golovnitskiy
Atoms & Void		 Won
Russian Guild of Film Critics White Elephant (Best Documentary) Sergei Loznitsa Nominated [7]
31st Stockholm International Film Festival Bronze Horse Nominated [8]
Wiesbaden goEast Best Documentary Won [9]

References
  1. "State Funeral (2019)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  2. "State Funeral (2021)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  3. "State Funeral (2021) Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  4. "DocAviv Film Festival (2020)". IMDb. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  5. "IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival (2020)". IMDb. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  6. "National Lithuania Film Awards (2021)". IMDb. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  7. "Russian Guild of Film Critics (2021)". IMDb. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  8. "Stockholm International Film Festival (2020)". IMDb. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  9. "Wiesbaden goEast (2020)". IMDb. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
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