Date
Hour
Place
05/08
12:00
THE SMALL CINEMA
The Trial: The State of Russia vs. Oleg Sentsov
reż|dir Askold Kurow | EE, PL, CZ | 2017 | 75 min
prod|pro Maria Gawriłowa, Max Tuula, Dariusz Jabłoński, Izabela Wójcik, Violetta Kamińska zdj|ph Askold Kurow muz|mus Sorin Apostoł mon|ed Michał Leszczyłowski, Jewgenij Zaozernik ob|cast Oleg Sencow, Dmitrij Dinze, Natalia Kapłan, Giennadij Afanasjew dys|dis Apple Film
DESCRIPTION
In August 2015, the court of Rostov-on-Don sentenced Oleg Sentsov, a Ukranian director and EuroMaidan activist, to 20 years of imprisonment. Sentsov vigorously objected to the annexation of Crimea by Russia in March 2014. Soon after that he was arrested by the Russian forces and charged with terrorism offences. The case was built around evidence from coerced statements of two witnesses, which were later withdrawn in court. The Trial: The State of Russia vs. Oleg Sentsov shows the efforts of the director’s family and friends and the international filmmaking community to have Sentsov released as well as the progress of the trial itself, which reveals the Kafkaesque absurdity of the clash between an individual and a ruthless state machine.
AWARDS
2017 Docs Against Gravity Film Festival: Amnesty International Award (Askold Kurov)DIRECTOR
Askold Kurow (1974) A Uzbekistan-born documentary director. He studied languages, theater studies and teology. Graduate from Marina Razbezhkina’s Film School of Moscow. In his films, he addresses human rights and social issues. He has lived and worked in Russia since 1991.FILMOGRAPHY
2017 Proces. Federacja Rosyjska vs Oleg Sencow|The Trial: The State of Russia vs. Oleg Sentsov2014 Dzieci 404|Deti 404|Children 404 (wspólnie z|with: Pavel Loparev)
2013 Leninlend|Leninland
2010 September, 25
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