Son, 1997) State Prize of the Russian Federation (Moloch, Taurus, 2001) Russian Guild of Film Critics Prize for Best Director (Taurus, 2001) Nika Award for Best Director and Best Picture (Taurus, 2001) Toronto International Film Festival, IFC Vision Award (Russian Ark, 2002) São Paulo International Film Festival, Special Award for Lifetime Achievements (2002) Cannes Film Festival, FIPRESCI Award (Father and Son, 2003) Argentine Film Critics Association, The Silver Condor Award (Russian Ark, 2004) Yerevan International Film Festival, Golden Apricot for Best Picture (The Sun, 2005) Locarno International Film Festival, Leopard of Honour for Lifetime Achievements (2006) Venice Film Festival, Robert Bresson Award for spiritual search and promotion of human culture (2007) Venice Film Festival, Golden Lion for Best Picture (Faust, 2011) FEST, Belgrade Winner Award for his lifetime contribution to the art of film (2015) International Film Festival of Kerala, Lifetime Achievement Award for his lifetime contribution to world cinema (2017) References Sources The Cinema of Alexander Sokurov (Kino – The Russian Cinema), ed. by Birgit Beumers and Nancy Condee, London: Tauris I B, 2011 External links Sokurov's home page The Island of Sokurov Stephen M. Norris, Russia Beyond the Headlines, 23 December 2009 1951 births Living people People from Irkutsk Oblast Soviet film directors Russian film directors Soviet screenwriters 20th-century Russian screenwriters Male screenwriters 20th-century Russian male writers Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni German-language film directors Directors of Golden Lion winners Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Recipients of the Nika Award People's Artists of Russia State Prize of the Russian Federation laureates Academicians of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences "Nika" Russian activists against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine