Donbass
Available screening types
Virtual
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Available until
Jan 01, 2026
Available in
United States of America, Canada
Brought to you by
Film Movement
About the film
In the historic Donbass region of eastern Ukraine, despite the cruel war that has been raging since 2014 between the self-proclaimed People’s Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk and the Ukrainian government, people try to survive in the rotten heart of chaos, where violence disguises itself as peace, propaganda becomes univocal truth and hatred reigns in the name of love.
Genre
Drama
Runtime
2h 2m
Released
2018
Director
Sergei Loznitsa
Awards & recognition
Batumi International ArtHouse Film Festival 2018
Winner Jury Prize Best Film
Cannes Film Festival 2018
Winner Un Certain Regard - Directing Prize
International Film Festival of India 2018
Winner Golden Peacock Best Film
Seville European Film Festival 2018
Winner Golden Giraldillo Best Film
Ukrainian Film Academy Awards 2019
Winner Golden Dziga Best Director
Ukrainian Film Critics Awards 2018
Winner Ukrainian Film Critics Award "Kinokolo" Best Feature Film
What people are saying
‘In the way that The Wire unpacked something vital about the layered mess of American cities, Donbass digs with the grimmest of grins into a conflict that has been going on a long time.‘
Alissa Wilkinson
Vox
‘You might guess that Loznitsa will reveal that everything so far has been faked, but no. The situations he presents are all too realistic and harrowing, as the fate of the people in the trailer makes clear.‘
Caryn James
BBC.com