MAIDAN

By Sergeï LOZNITSA

FILMGARTEN - as DISTR VOD, AUSTRIA

Documentary - Completed 2014


Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2014
Out of Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2014
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • BELARUS
    • Duration
    • 130 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Sergeï LOZNITSA
    • Synopsis
    • Maidan, the Independent Square of the Ukrainian capital Kiev, formed the backdrop of the civil uprising against President Janukovitsch’s regime during the winter of 2013/14. Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa documents the protest’s revolutionary trajectory in a Direct Cinema style. His camera records the preparation of a warm soup in the same way it does discussions amongst protesters, the singing of the National Anthem, and violent clashes with police. Loznitsa doesn’t concentrate on one particular leading character – his protagonist is the revolution itself. MAIDAN is the portrait of an emerging nation in the process of rediscovering its identity.