Navalny (film)

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Navalny
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Daniel Roher
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  • Odessa Rae
  • Diane Becker
  • Melanie Miller
  • Shane Boris
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Cinematography Niki Waltl
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  • Maya Hawke
  • Langdon Page
Production
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Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
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  • January 25, 2022 (2022-01-25) (Sundance)
  • April 11, 2022 (2022-04-11) (United States)
Running time
 98 minutes
Country United States
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  • Russian
  • English
Box office $106,399[1]

Navalny is a 2022 documentary film directed by Daniel Roher.[2][3] The film revolves around Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and events related to his poisoning.[4] It was produced by HBO Max and CNN Films. The film premiered on 25 January 2022 at the Sundance Film Festival.[5]

Synopsis

The film tells about the events related to the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the subsequent investigation into the poisoning. On 20 August 2020, Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent,[6] falling sick during a flight from Tomsk to Moscow, and was hospitalized in serious condition. Navalny was taken to a hospital in Omsk after an emergency landing there, and put in a coma. Two days later, he was evacuated to the Charité hospital in Berlin, Germany. The use of the nerve agent was confirmed by five Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) certified laboratories. Navalny blamed Russian president Vladimir Putin for his poisoning, while the Kremlin has repeatedly denied involvement.[7][8]

The film shows how Bellingcat journalist Christo Grozev and Maria Pevchikh, the head investigator for Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, reveal the details of a plot that indicates the involvement of Putin.[9]

The director described the film as "the story of one man and his struggle with an authoritarian regime".[10][11]

Production

The project was first announced on 13 January 2022. The film was directed by Canadian documentary filmmaker Daniel Roher, who originally planned to make a film about one of the investigations of Christo Grozev. Filming began shortly after Navalny came out of a coma and went on until his arrest in January 2021: according to the main character of the film, the film crew was next to him even at the border control at the airport.[12]

It was produced by HBO Max and CNN Films in partnership with Fishbowl Films, RaeFilm Studios and Cottage M. The project was produced by Fishbowl Films' Diane Becker and Melanie Miller, Cottage M's Shane Boris, RaeFilm Studios Odessa Rae, CNN Films' Amy Entelis and Courtney Sexton, and Maria Pevchikh.

Release

The film premiered on 25 January 2022 at the Sundance Film Festival as the final title in the U.S. Documentary Competition section, where it won the Festival Favorite Award and the Audience Award for the U.S. Documentary Competition.[13] In March 2022, Warner Bros. Pictures acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film, and set it for an April 11, and April 12, 2022, release.[14]

The film is scheduled to premiere on 24 April 2022 on CNN in the US, as well as on the streaming platform CNN+.[15][16] It will begin streaming on HBO Max on May 26, 2022.[17]

It was shown on BBC2 on 25 March 2022 [18]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 99% of 81 reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.6/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Navalny is a documentary that's as gripping as any thriller – but the real-life fight against authoritarianism that it details is deadly serious."[19] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 82 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[20]

Guardian critic Phil Harrison awarded it 5/5 stars calling it "... one of the most jaw-dropping things you’ll ever witness", and "this terrifying documentary enters the realms of the far-fetched spy thriller – and yet it’s all true".[21] New York Times film critic Ben Kenigsberg added the film to the "Critic's List" and also praised it saying "Roher has assembled a tense and absorbing look at Navalny and his inner circle".[22]

Accolades

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Sundance Film Festival January 30, 2022 Audience Award: U.S. Documentary Navalny Won [23]
Festival Favorite Award Won
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards November 13, 2022 Best Documentary Feature Nominated [24]
[25]
Best Political Documentary Won
Best Director Daniel Roher Nominated
Best Score Marius de Vries and Matt Robertson Nominated
Best Editing Langdon Page and Maya Daisy Hawke Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society January 6, 2023 Best Documentary Navalny Nominated [26]
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle January 9, 2023 Best Documentary Feature Nominated [27]
Cinema Eye Honors January 12, 2023 Outstanding Non-Fiction Deature Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris Nominated [28]
[29]
Outstanding Production Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris Won
Audience Choice Prize Navalny Won
The Unforgettables Alexei Navalny Won
Georgia Film Critics Association January 13, 2023 Best Documentary Film Navalny Pending [30]
Seattle Film Critics Society January 17, 2023 Best Documentary Feature Pending [31]
Houston Film Critics Society February 18, 2023 Best Documentary Feature Pending [32]
Directors Guild of America Awards February 18, 2023 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries Daniel Roher Pending [33]
Cinema for Peace Awards February 24, 2023 Award for Justice Navalny Won [34]
Producers Guild of America Awards February 25, 2023 Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures Navalny Pending [35]

References

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External links

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