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NAWALNY
USA 2022 – Director: Daniel Roher – Original with English subtitles – Length: 98 min.
The Russian opposition figure Alexei Nawalny was poisoned with Novichok in August 2020. Two days after the attempt on his life, he was evacuated to the Charité Hospital in Berlin in a critical condition and he returned to Moscow in January 2021. During this time, the assassination attempt is meticulously reconstructed with the help of Bellingcat’s data analysis. The film of the year! Silvia Bauer
We present the German premiere of the film.
NAWALNY opens the 37th DOK.fest München on 04 May at the Deutsches Theater.
No youth rating
Note
This film contains explicit depictions of police violence.
Daniel Roher
The Jewish-Canadian documentary filmmaker Daniel Roher founded his film production company right out of high school in 2011. He studied creative writing and film at the Savannah College for Art and Design for three semesters before devoting himself entirely to filmmaking.
Filmography
ONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND, CA 2019, 98 min.
GHOSTS OF OUR FOREST, CA/UG 2017, 63 min.
Nominated for the VIKTOR Main Competition DOK.international
Slices of life, insights and perspectives: The films of the International Competition open doors to new worlds for us. They compete for the award VIKTOR Main Competition, which is endowed with 10,000 euros. The award donor is Bayerischer Rundfunk.
Camera: Niki Waltl. Sound: Marcus Vetter. Editing: Langdon Page, Maya Daisy Hawke. Music: Marius De Vries, Matt Robertson. Production: Fishbowl Films. Producer: Diane Becker & Melanie Miller, Odessa Rae (RaeFilm St.), Shane Boris (Cottage M). International Sales: dogwoof.
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