Some were bemused earlier this month when Joaquin Phoenix used his entirely expected Oscar win as a less predictable occasion for an impassioned animal-rights plea: It was certainly the first time ...

"Aquarela" director Victor Kossakovsky returns with a new film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The 2020 Berlin International Film Festival is just getting started, but Joaquin Phoenix and ...

Joaquin Phoenix was so moved by Victor Kossakovsky's Berlin hit, releasing in December from Neon, that he came onboard as executive producer. Per the official synopsis: “Experiential cinema in its ...

I recently watched an amazing film called GUNDA that literally moved me all over the place. I've studied animal emotions for decades and thought I'd pretty much seen all there is to see, however, ...

The second installment of Victor Kossakovsky's "empathy trilogy," which started with 'Gunda,' premieres at Amsterdam's IDFA.

The barnyard setting of “Gunda” could hardly be more familiar, but in Russian director Victor Kossakovsky’s documentary, a pigsty is rendered an almost alien landscape. Kossakovsky’s film is shot in ...

THR review: Shot in black-and-white and dialogue-free, 'Gunda,' the new documentary from 'Aquarela' director Victor Kossakovsky, spends quality time with farm animals, centering on a sow raising her ...

"Gunda is a mesmerizing perspective on sentience within animal species, normally—and perhaps purposely—hidden from our view. Displays of pride and reverence, amusement and bliss at a pig’s inquisitive ...

Watch a clip from the documentary "Gunda," directed by Viktor Kosakovskiy. Photo: Neon The star of Victor Kossakovsky’s “Gunda” is a pig. Gunda is her name, and lactating is her game; she’s a mammary ...

Not since 'Babe' has a humble farm pig's fate been as high-stakes as it is in Victor Kossakovsky's captivating, wordless doc. Some were bemused earlier this month when Joaquin Phoenix used his ...