Sobytie
The Event
In August 1991, a failed coup d’état in Moscow by a group of communist
reactionaries expedited the demise of the ailing Soviet Union. As the hammer and sickle that flew over the Kremlin was replaced
by the tricolor of the Russian Federation, the event was hailed around the world as marking the fall of communism and the
birth of Russian democracy. A quarter of a century later Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa follows Maidan, his monumental
documentary about the historic protests in Kiev, with the found-footage epic, a powerful montage film that revisits a crucial
turning point in Russian history.
Director's Biography
SERGEI LOZNITSA was born in Belarus and grew up in the Ukraine.
He studied at the Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK). He has received numerous national and international awards
for his documentary films. His feature debut My Joy premiered in the main competition at the Cannes International Film Festival
2010. In 2015, CROSSING EUROPE devoted its Tribute to Sergei Loznitsa. // Films (selection): Blokada (Blockade, 2005, doc;
CE’15), Schastye moe (My Joy, 2010; CE’15), V Tumane (In the Fog, 2012; CE’13, CE’15), Maidan (2014; CE ’15), Sobytie (The
Event, 2015, doc)
European Panorama Documentary 2016
Sergei Loznitsa
Netherlands / Belgium
2015
black and
white
74 minutes
OV with English subtitles
Editing Sergei Loznitsa, Danielius Kokanauskis
Sound/Sounddesign Vladimir Golovnitski
Producer(s) Sergei Loznitsa, Maria Choustova-Baker (Atoms & Void, NL), Nicola
Mazzanti (Cinematek, BE)
Production
Atoms
& Void Brugsestraat 20 2587 XS, The Hague The Netherlands atomypustota.info@gmail.com
Weltpremiere / World Premiere
Venice International Film Festival 2015
Venice International Film Festival 2015