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The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov

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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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Language
English
  • wrongful imprisonment
  • russian politics
  • show trial

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Director

Askold Kurov

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Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland, Russia, Ukraine

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Release dates

  • 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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