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Babi Yar. Context

2 hr. 0 min. | Documentary | N-18

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On September 29-30,1941, Sonderkommando 4a of the Einsatzgruppe C, assisted by two battalions of the Police Regiment South and Ukrainian Auxiliary Police, and without any resistance from the local population, shot dead in the Babi Yar ravine in the north-west of Kiev 33 771 Jews. The film reconstructs and visualises the historical context of this tragedy through archive footage documenting the German occupation of Ukraine and the subsequent decade.


Sergei Loznitsa

Sergei Loznitsa

Sergei Loznitsa has been making documentary films since 1996; 19 of them have been awarded at various festivals. Loznitsa’s feature debut “My Joy” (2010) premiered in the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival. “In the Fog” (2012) was awarded FIPRESCI prize at the 65th Festival de Cannes. "A Gentle Creature" (2017) has been presented in Cannes’ main competition, "Donbass" (2018) received the prize for Best Directing of the Un Certain Regard
Languages
Russian
Subtitles
English, Lithuanian
Original title
Babiy Yar. Kontekst
Produced
2021: Netherlands, Ukraine

Film information

Director
Sergei Loznitsa
Producers
Maria Choustova, Sergei Loznitsa
Screenplay
Sergei Loznitsa

Screenings

Saturday, 6 November

19:00

Forum Cinemas Vingis · Hall 1

Past screening

Saturday, 6 November

19:00

Forum Cinemas Kaune · 3

Past screening

Tuesday, 9 November

18:10

Forum Cinemas Vingis · 6

Past screening

Tuesday, 9 November

21:00

Forum Cinemas Kaune · 3

Past screening

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