HISTORY

Maidan is not a standard journalistic report about the civil riots in kyiv's Maidan square to overthrow pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych. Structured solely through extended fixed shots filmed over a period of three months, the film tracks the trajectory from peaceful poetry-filled protest to violent confrontation with formalist rigor. By placing the viewer in the middle of the masses without the guideposts of expert commentary or central personalities, Maidan provides an immersive experience and a bracing and timeless portrait of protest and revolution.

Thursday, December 17th 6:00 p.m.

Title: Maidan

128 min.

Ukraine and Netherlands, 2014

Languages:
Ukrainian
Russian

Director:

Sergei Loznitsa

Photography:

Sergei Loznitsa

Serhiy Stetsenko

Camera:

Mykhailo Yelchev

Edition:

Sergei Loznitsa

Danielius Kokanauskis

Sound:

Vladimir Golovnitsky

Co-production:

Atoms & Void

DIRECTOR

Born in 1964 in Baranavichy in Belarus. Sergei Loznitsa is a mathematician and a film director. His first feature film, My Joy, was selected for competition at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and his second feature film, In the Mist, also selected at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, received the FIPRESCI International Critics.

In 2014, he allows us to confront the Ukrainian revolution through his camera in the center of kyiv, Maidan.

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

• Cannes Film Festival: Official Selection -Out of Competition
• Seville Festival: The New Waves – Non-Fiction
• Jerusalem Festival: Official Section
• Atlántida Film Fest: (Anti)propaganda Section
• Astra Film Festival Romania: Best Documentary Film