Oleh Sentsov

Directing

Oleh Sentsov

Born

1976-07-13 (50)

Place of birth

Simferopol, Ukraine

Known for

Directing

Credits

14 titles

Known for

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Kai is going through a midlife crisis: he no longer loves his wife, has lost interest in his business and dreams of becoming a writer, while failing to notice that his youngest son is seriously ill. In 2014, as the Russian-Ukrainian war breaks out, Kai becomes a volunteer in eastern Ukraine.

Kai

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Real poster
8.0

Documentary footage shot in the summer of 2023 by Oleh Sentsov, when his APC was hit by the enemy. Sentsov found himself in a nearby trench and, using radio communication, organized the evacuation of his unit, which was under fire, with ammunition running out. This operation was nicknamed "Real".

Real

2025

Rhino poster
6.5

Ukraine, 1990s. Young Vova, cruel and tenacious, struggles to find his place among the ruthless members of the underworld in a city where crime and corruption reign.

Rhino

2021

The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov poster
3.4

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 ...

The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov

2017

Gamer poster
4.6

The boy's name is Alex, but in the world of gamers where he spends most of his time, he is known as Koss. The enormous amount of time he spends at the computer screen starts to pay off: in the games' clubs in his small Ukrainian village, he is the undisputed king of the shooting game Quake, admired by the 'noobs' - the younger and less experienced players he defeats digitally. But there is also a different side.

Gamer

2011

Numbers poster
5.8

Ten figures walk around in a circle. All they have is a number. The “Great Zero” monitors them. Based on a dystopian parable by Oleg Sentsov, this film was created between Kyiv and the Siberian penal colony where Sentsov spent five years as a political prisoner.

Numbers

2020

Film credits

Behind the camera

No artwork available
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Kai is going through a midlife crisis: he no longer loves his wife, has lost interest in his business and dreams of becoming a writer, while failing to notice that his youngest son is seriously ill. In 2014, as the Russian-Ukrainian war breaks out, Kai becomes a volunteer in eastern Ukraine.

Kai

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No artwork available
NR

Kai is going through a midlife crisis: he no longer loves his wife, has lost interest in his business and dreams of becoming a writer, while failing to notice that his youngest son is seriously ill. In 2014, as the Russian-Ukrainian war breaks out, Kai becomes a volunteer in eastern Ukraine.

Kai

—

No artwork available
NR

Kai is going through a midlife crisis: he no longer loves his wife, has lost interest in his business and dreams of becoming a writer, while failing to notice that his youngest son is seriously ill. In 2014, as the Russian-Ukrainian war breaks out, Kai becomes a volunteer in eastern Ukraine.

Kai

—

Real poster
8.0

Documentary footage shot in the summer of 2023 by Oleh Sentsov, when his APC was hit by the enemy. Sentsov found himself in a nearby trench and, using radio communication, organized the evacuation of his unit, which was under fire, with ammunition running out. This operation was nicknamed "Real".

Real

2025

Real poster
8.0

Documentary footage shot in the summer of 2023 by Oleh Sentsov, when his APC was hit by the enemy. Sentsov found himself in a nearby trench and, using radio communication, organized the evacuation of his unit, which was under fire, with ammunition running out. This operation was nicknamed "Real".

Real

2025

Rhino poster
6.5

Ukraine, 1990s. Young Vova, cruel and tenacious, struggles to find his place among the ruthless members of the underworld in a city where crime and corruption reign.

Rhino

2021

Rhino poster
6.5

Ukraine, 1990s. Young Vova, cruel and tenacious, struggles to find his place among the ruthless members of the underworld in a city where crime and corruption reign.

Rhino

2021

Rhino poster
6.5

Ukraine, 1990s. Young Vova, cruel and tenacious, struggles to find his place among the ruthless members of the underworld in a city where crime and corruption reign.

Rhino

2021

Gamer poster
4.6

The boy's name is Alex, but in the world of gamers where he spends most of his time, he is known as Koss. The enormous amount of time he spends at the computer screen starts to pay off: in the games' clubs in his small Ukrainian village, he is the undisputed king of the shooting game Quake, admired by the 'noobs' - the younger and less experienced players he defeats digitally. But there is also a different side.

Gamer

2011

Gamer poster
4.6

The boy's name is Alex, but in the world of gamers where he spends most of his time, he is known as Koss. The enormous amount of time he spends at the computer screen starts to pay off: in the games' clubs in his small Ukrainian village, he is the undisputed king of the shooting game Quake, admired by the 'noobs' - the younger and less experienced players he defeats digitally. But there is also a different side.

Gamer

2011

Numbers poster
5.8

Ten figures walk around in a circle. All they have is a number. The “Great Zero” monitors them. Based on a dystopian parable by Oleg Sentsov, this film was created between Kyiv and the Siberian penal colony where Sentsov spent five years as a political prisoner.

Numbers

2020

Numbers poster
5.8

Ten figures walk around in a circle. All they have is a number. The “Great Zero” monitors them. Based on a dystopian parable by Oleg Sentsov, this film was created between Kyiv and the Siberian penal colony where Sentsov spent five years as a political prisoner.

Numbers

2020