MAIDAN, the MOVIE >>> Sergei Loznitsa’s stunning, epic-scaled documentary about the 2013 Ukrainian protests, opens in New York December 12 for an exclusive one week run >>> Film Society of Lincoln Center >>> Sergei Loznitsa’s return to documentary filmmaking after the breakout successes of his fiction films My Joy and In the Fog is a stunning record of a nation at a pivotal point in its history. In December 2013, thousands of young protesters rallied in Kiev’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti (“Independence Square”) after Viktor Yanukovych, the country’s president, refused to sign an association agreement with the European Union. By March of 2014, riot police had killed over a hundred protesters; Yanukovych, in the face of mounting opposition, had fled for Russia. Loznitsa’s camera captures it all in a series of lengthy on-the-ground shots, mostly devoid of camera movement but thrillingly rich in activity and momentum: a welcome reminder that a movie, like a historical moment, can cast a crowd as its hero. A Cinema Guild release. Cannes Film Festival 2014 Toronto Film Festival 2014 An impressive, bold treatment of a complex subject... One of the few documentaries about a recent revolution that wont feel dated in five years. —Jay Weissberg, Variety This stunning, epic-scaled film harkens back to the heroic, journalistic roots of documentary-making and yet feels ineffably modern and formally daring. —Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter A rewarding experience and an alarmingly important wake-up call for those still in the dark about one of todays most critical situations. —Nikola Grozdanovic, The Playlist filmlinc/maidan https://facebook/video.phpv=10152596723043160&set=vb.9633018159&type=2&theater
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 07:49:08 +0000
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