Sandra Kogut is a filmmaker born 1965 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, whose works transition between documentary and narrative fiction. She first received international attention for her 1991 documentary Paralamas do Sucesso.[1][2] Kogut has taught at renowned universities around the world and has worked for Brazilian and European broadcasters. Her debut feature film project was the multi award-winning Mutum in 2007.[3][4] She is more recently known for Campo Grande (2015), which had its premiere in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[5]
Background
Kogut is of Hungarian descent and was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1965.[6] She spent more than ten years living in France, before moving to the United States.[4] She graduated in philosophy from the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, and began her career as a performance and installation artist in 1984.[7] Among other venues, Her works have been shown at the Museum of Modern Art and Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Her grandparents migrated to Brazil from Hungary to avoid The Holocaust, and it was their experiences which inspired her film A Hungarian Passport.[8]
While Kogut was residing in Paris, France, Harvard Film Archive wrote of her works being archived by their Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts and stated that she "has emerged as one of the most distinctive cultural filmmakers at work today. Her films are by turns whimsical, lyrical, and finely ironic—lighthearted and playful, yet also momentous and serious."[6]
1998, won 'Silver Dove for Short Footage' at Leipzig DOK Festival for Adieu monde ou l'histoire de Pierre et Claire[10]
1999, won 'Prize of the Catholic Filmwork Germany' at International Short Film Festival Oberhausen for Adieu monde ou l'histoire de Pierre et Claire[10]
1999, won 'Prize of the Ministry for Development, Culture and Sports' at International Short Film Festival Oberhausen for Adieu monde ou l'histoire de Pierre et Claire
2004, nominated for Grand Prize for 'Best Documentary' at Cinema Brazil Grand Prize for Un passeport Hongrois
2004, nominated for ACIE Award for 'Best Documentary' from Associação dos Correspondentes de Imprensa Estrangeira at ACIE Awards, Brazil for Un passeport Hongrois
2007, won Silver Precolumbian Circle for Best Feature Film at Bogota Film Festival for Mutum[10]
2007, won Feisal Award at Bogota Film Festival for Mutum[10]
2007, received Critics' Award at Bogota Film Festival for Mutum[10]
