MAIDAN / 2014
SYNOPSIS
MAIDAN chronicles the civil uprising against the regime of president Yanukovych that took place in Kiev (Ukraine) in the winter of 2013/14. The film follows the progress of the revolution: from peaceful rallies, half a million strong, in the Maidan square, to the bloody street battles between protestors and riot police. MAIDAN is a portrait of an awakening nation, rediscovering its identity.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
original title
МАЙДАН [MAYDAN]
english title
MAIDAN
genre
documentary
year
2014
language
Ukrainian, Russian
color
color
runtime
130 min
sound
5.1
aspect ratio
1.66:1
film format
DCP-2K
CREW
written & directed
Sergei Loznitsa
director(s) of photography
Sergei Loznitsa, Sergiy Stefan Stetsenko, Mykhailo Yelchev
sound
Vladimir Golovnitski
editing
Danielius Kokanauskis
producer(s)
Sergei Loznitsa, Maria Choustova
co-production
The Netherlands Film Fund, Against Gravity
production
Atoms&Void
festivals & awards
- Official Selection Special Screenings Festival de Cannes, France
- Batumi International Art-House Film Festival, GeorgiaThe Best Doc film
- Astra Film Festival, RumänienAstra Film Grand Prize
- Festival dei Popoli, ItalyBest Feature-Length Documentary Award
- CPH:DOX
- BFI London Film Festival
- San Francisco International Film Festival
- Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente
- Vancouver International Film Festival
- DOK LeipzigHonorable Mention: International Competition Long Documentary
- Jeonju International Film Festival
- Sheffield International Documentary Festival
- Ghent Film Festival
- Dubai International Film Festival
- Jerusalem Film Festival
- Cinéma du Réel
- Seville European Film Festival
- Zurich Film Festival
- Athens International Film Festival
- Hong Kong International Film Festival
- Sarajevo Film Festival
- Valdivia International Film Festival
- Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival
- Viennale
- Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival