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Donbass

6.7(120)20182h 2m1

In the historic Donbass region of eastern Ukraine, despite the cruel war that has been raging since 2014 between the self-proclaimed People's Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk and the Ukrainian government, people try to survive in the rotten heart of chaos, where violence disguises itself as peace, propaganda becomes univocal truth and hatred reigns in the name of love.

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Status
Released
Budget
$2.7M
Box office
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Language
English
  • black humor
  • based on true story
  • social satire
  • russian occupation
  • donbass war
  • 2010s

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Produced in

France, Germany, Netherlands, Romania, Ukraine

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereMuseum of the Moving Image11 Jan 2019
    • Theatrical (limited)New York City; Los Angeles8 Apr 2022
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereBFI London Film Festival17 Oct 2018
    • Theatrical1526 Apr 2019
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival10 Aug 2018
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival6 Sept 2018
  • CzechiaCZ

    • PremiereKarlovy Vary International Film Festival30 Jun 2018
  • DenmarkDK

    • PremiereCPH:PIX29 Sept 2018
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival9 May 2018
    • Theatrical1626 Sept 2018
    • Digital / OTTVOD5 Feb 2019
    • PhysicalDVD5 Feb 2019
    • Digital / OTTOCS6 Apr 2021
  • GermanyDE

    • PremiereMunich International Film Festival30 Jun 2018
    • Theatrical1230 Aug 2018
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical8 Nov 2018
  • IcelandIS

    • PremiereReyjkavik International Film Festival27 Sept 2018
  • IrelandIE

    • Digital / OTT1526 Apr 2019
  • IsraelIL

    • PremiereJerusalem Film Festival28 Jul 2018

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Donbass was released on 30 August 2018.

Audience reviews

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    Stephen Campbell

    8/31/2019

    7/10

    _**Angry, trenchant, and viciously satirical**_ >_Checkpoints and barricades made out of tires have been installed on the highways of the Донецьк [Donetsk] region of Донба́с [Donbass]. In the cities, administrative buildings have been seized. Groups of masked men armed with sticks and bats control the roads and search the passing transport. Using crowds of civilians as a shield, "the little green men" capture Ukra…

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