

The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov
August 2015, a courtroom in Rostov-on-Don. A man is peering through the bars of his cage, his eyes reveal that his nerves are about to snap. Today he will be handed down a sentence to which he must submit: 20 years’ imprisonment in Siberia for terrorism. The man is Oleg Sentsov, a film director and Maidan activist born in Simferopol in the Ukraine. He is charged with leading an anti-Russian terrorist movement and having planned attacks on bridges, power lines and a monument of Lenin. Sentsov defends himself, courageously and without flinching. He responds to the verdict with an emphatic denial of his crimes and instead accuses the accusers themselves ...
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- wrongful imprisonment
- russian politics
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United KingdomGB
- PremiereSheffield Doc/Fest10 Jun 2017
CzechiaCZ
- TVČT229 May 2018
GermanyDE
- PremiereBerlinale 201711 Feb 2017
PolandPL
- PremiereDocs Against Gravity Film Festival12 May 2017
- PremiereFilm and Art Festival Two Riversides5 Aug 2017
- PremiereNew Horizons Film Festival6 Aug 2017
- PremiereUkraine! Film Festival26 Oct 2018
UkraineUA
- PremiereDocudays UA25 Mar 2017
- Theatrical16+6 Apr 2017
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The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov was released on 6 April 2017.
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