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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]

Navalny
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Daniel Roher
Produced by	Odessa Rae Diane Becker Melanie Miller Shane Boris Amy Entelis Courtney Sexton Maria Pevchikh Alexandra Hannibal
Starring	Alexei Navalny Yulia Navalnaya Maria Pevchikh Christo Grozev Leonid Volkov
Cinematography	Niki Waltl
Edited by	Maya Hawke Langdon Page
Music by	Marius de Vries Matt Robertson
Production companies	Cottage M Fishbowl Films RaeFilm Studios CNN Films HBO Max
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	January 25, 2022 (2022-01-25) (Sundance) April 11, 2022 (2022-04-11) (United States)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Russian English
Box office	$43,094[1]

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 director described the film as "the story of one man and his struggle with an authoritarian regime".[9][10]

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.[11]

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.[12] 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.[13]

The film is scheduled to premiere on 24 April 2022 on CNN in the US, as well as on the streaming platform CNN+.[14][15] It will begin streaming on HBO Max on May 26, 2022.[16]

It was shown on BBC2 on 25 March 2022 [17]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 99% of 81 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.6/10. The website's 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."[18] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 82 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[19]

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".[20] 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".[21]

Accolades

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
Sundance Film Festival	January 30, 2022	Audience Award: U.S. Documentary	Navalny	Won	[22]
		Festival Favorite Award		Won
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards	November 13, 2022	Best Documentary Feature		Pending	[23]
		Best Political Documentary		Pending
		Best Director	Daniel Roher	Pending
		Best Score	Marius de Vries and Matt Robertson	Pending
		Best Editing	Langdon Page and Maya Daisy Hawke	Pending
Cinema Eye Honors	January 13, 2023	Outstanding Non-Fiction Deature	Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris	Pending	[24]
		Outstanding Production	Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris	Pending
		Audience Choice Prize	Navalny	Pending
		The Unforgettables	Alexei Navalny	Pending

References

External links

Navalny at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] Navalny (film)

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[ru] Навальный (фильм)

«Навальный» (англ. Navalny) — биографический документальный фильм с элементами триллера о российском оппозиционном политике, создателе «Фонда борьбы с коррупцией» Алексее Навальном и событиях, связанных с его отравлением в августе 2020 года. Режиссёр, канадец Дэниел Роэр, охарактеризовал картину как «историю одного человека и его борьбы с авторитарным режимом»[3][4].

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