BABI YAR. CONTEXT
Babi Yar is the ravine at the edge of the Ukrainian capital Kiev where one of the largest mass executions in history took place. Sergei Loznitsa tells this documentary account in meticulous detail, building from the lead up to the aftermath of the two days in September 1941, when Nazis shot dead 33,771 Jews at this place.
DETAILS
Director: Sergei Loznitsa
Script : Sergei Loznitsa
Country: Olanda, Ucraina
Awards: Golden Eye – Cannes Film Festival 2021, Best Documentary – Chicago International Film Festival 2021, Best Experimental Documentary – Jerusalem Film Festival 2021, Grierson Award – London Film Festival 2021, Grand Prize – Message to Man International Film Festival 2021, Freedom Award – Millennium Docs Against Gravity 2022.
YEAR:
2021
RUNTIME:
2h 1’
SECTION:
RETROSPECTIVA SERGEI LOZNITSA
SCREENING:
MONDAY 22.09 / 18:00 / CINEMA UNION
(Screening followed by a Q&A session)