Sergey Vladimirovich Dvortsevoy (born 1962) is a Kazakh filmmaker of Russian origin. His 2008 feature film ''

Tulpan Tyulpan () is a 2008 Kazakh drama film. It was directed by Sergey Dvortsevoy and distributed by Zeitgeist Films. ''Tulpan'' was Kazakhstan's 2009 Academy Awards official submission to Foreign Language Film category, but it didn't make the fin ...

'', was Kazakhstan's 2009 Academy Awards official submission to

Foreign Language Film World cinema is a term in film theory in the United States that refers to films made outside of the Cinema of the United States, American motion picture industry, particularly those in opposition to the aesthetics and values of commercial Ame ...

category. Dvortsevoy worked as an aviation engineer. He also worked for nine years as a radio engineer at

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; before studying film in Moscow in the early 1990s. His films immediately garnered international acclaim, receiving prizes and recognition at festivals around the world, including the nomination of Bread Day (1998) for the prestigious

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at the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival. The following year, his work was presented at the

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Film Seminar, an institution dedicated to Flaherty's adherence to the goal of seeing and depicting the human condition. Dvortsevoy's documentaries are committed to observational filmmaking. His subjects are people living in and around Russia in transition—try in their individual ways to eke out an existence. ''

'' was Dvortsevoy's first fiction film and was nominated for the 2009

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for Best Feature Film (which it won) and Best Achievement in Directing.http://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/no-borat-but-film-a-winner/story-e6freqex-1111118007711 The

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was given to him for his first film ''Schastye''.

Filmography

*''Schastye'' (''Paradise''; 1996) *'' Chlebnyy den'' (''Bread Day''; 1998) *''

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'' (1999) *'' V temnote'' (''In the Dark''; 2004) *''

'' (2008) *'' The Little One'' (2018)

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* * 1962 births Kazakhstani film directors Kazakhstani documentary film directors Living people {{kazakhstan-film-director-stub