Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2014 film will be presented by the Director, SERGEI LOZNITSA

MAIDAN chronicles a civil uprising which took place in Kiev (Ukraine) in the winter of 2013/14. The film follows the progress of the revolution: from peaceful rallies, half a million strong, in the Maidan square, to the bloody street battles between the protesters and riot police. MAIDAN is a portrait of an awakening nation, rediscovering its identity.

Director Sergei Loznitsa rises above current political issues and looks at the nature of the popular uprising as a social, cultural and philosophical phenomenon. A powerful mix of enthusiasm, heroic struggle, terror, courage, aspiration, people’s solidarity, folk culture, passion and self-sacrifice, MAIDAN is a stunning cinematic canvas combining classical film making style and documentary urgency.

Subtitles: English

SPECIAL GUEST:
Sergei Loznitsa (Introduction speech)

TICKETS:
8,50 EUR (We strongly advise you to buy tickets in advance online or at Filmhuis because of limited capacity)

Filmhuis Den Haag
Spui 191, The Hague
http://www.filmhuisdenhaag.nl/agenda/event/maidan

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