The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov

The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov
Directed byAskold Kurov
Produced byMaria Gavrilova
Max Tuula
Dariusz Jablonski
Isabela Wojcik
Violetta Kaminska
Alyona Müllerova
Music bySorin Apostol
Production
companies
Marx Film
Message Film
Czech Television (co-production)
Polish Film Institute (support)
B2B Doc (support)
Distributed byRise and Shine World Sales
Release date
  • February 11, 2017 (2017-02-11)
Running time
75 minutes
Countries
Languages
  • Russian
  • Ukrainian
  • English

The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov (Russian: Процесс: Российское государство против Олега Сенцова) is a documentary film directed by Askold Kurov. It tells about the case of Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, who was detained by Russian special services in Crimea and sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Production

Kurov shot preliminary court sessions and filmed conversations with Sentsov's sister Natalia in Moscow. Ukrainian director Andriy Litvinenko filmed episodes involving Sentsov's friends and AutoMaidan participants in Ukraine.[1] Video interviews were recorded in support of Sentsov with celebrities from around the world. An Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign set a goal of €12,500, but collected commitments of only €1,750.[2] However, a campaign on the Ukrainian platform of the Community Fund raised UAH 45,200.[3]

Release

The world premiere took place on February 11, 2017, at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival, where it was presented in the Berlinale Special section. The Ukrainian premiere took place at the end of March 2017 at the international documentary film festival on human rights Docudays UA.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Учасники Docudays UA знімають фільм про Сенцова та вивчають теми про Україну" (in Ukrainian). «Телекритика». 31 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-10-26. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Оголошено збір коштів на документальний фільм про Олега Сенцова" (in Ukrainian). «Телекритика». 2015-04-01. Archived from the original on 2015-10-26. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  3. ^ ""ПРОЦЕС" – фільм про справу Сенцова / Спільнокошт". BiggggIdea. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  4. ^ "Українська прем'єра фільму про Олега Сенцова на Docudays UA" (in Ukrainian). Docudays UA. 2017-02-15. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 2017-02-16.