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Donbass is a 2018 internationally co-produced black comedy war film directed by Sergei Loznitsa.[4][5] It was selected as the opening film in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.[6][7] At Cannes, Loznitsa won the Un Certain Regard award for Best Director, as well as the Silver Pyramid at the 40th Cairo International Film Festival. It was selected as the Ukrainian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[8] It was filmed in Kryvyi Rih, 300 km west of Donetsk.[9] At the 49th International Film Festival of India it received Best Film: Golden Peacock Award.[10][11][12]

Donbass
Film poster
Directed by	Sergei Loznitsa
Written by	Sergei Loznitsa
Produced by	Heino Deckert
Cinematography	Oleg Mutu
Edited by	Danielius Kokanauskis
Release dates	9 May 2018 (2018-05-09) (Cannes) 20 September 2018 (2018-09-20) (Ukraine)
Running time	122 minutes
Countries	Germany Ukraine France Netherlands Romania
Languages	Russian Ukrainian
Budget	€ 2.5 million[1]
Box office	$78,133[2][3]

Plot

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The film's thirteen segments explore the mid-2010s conflict between Ukraine and the Russian-supported Donetsk People's Republic in the Donbas region of Ukraine.[13]

Reception

Critical response

Donbass has an approval rating of 88℅ on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 58 reviews, and an average rating of 7.3/10. The website's critical consensus states, “Brutally powerful and brilliantly filmed, Donbass illustrates man's inhumanity with visceral effectiveness.”[14] It also has a score of 78 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 17 critics, indicating “generally favorable reviews”.[15]

Awards

Loznitsa won the Un Certain Regard award for Best Director at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.[16] He also won the Silver Pyramid, also known as the Special Jury Prize for Best Director, at the 40th Cairo International Film Festival, tied with Thai director Phuttiphong Aroonpheng for Manta Ray.[17]

See also

• List of submissions to the 91st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Ukrainian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

External links

• Official website
• Donbass at IMDb
• Donbass at Metacritic
• Donbass at Rotten Tomatoes

На других языках

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[de] Donbass (Film)

Donbass (ukrainisch Донбас) ist ein international koproduziertes Filmdrama von Sergei Loznitsa aus dem Jahr 2018.[1][2] Gedreht wurde er in Krywyj Rih, 300 km westlich von Donezk. Der Film wurde bei mehreren Festivals, unter anderem dem Filmfestspielen von Cannes 2018, gezeigt, wo er auch einen Preis gewann.

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[ru] Донбасс (фильм)

«Донба́сс» — военная драма украинского режиссёра Сергея Лозницы, основанная на любительских роликах YouTube, снятых на Востоке Украины; совместное производство пяти европейских стран. Премьера картины состоялась 9 мая 2018 года на международном Каннском кинофестивале в программе «Особый взгляд».

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