Special Screenings, Cannes 2014

Directed by: Sergei LOZNITSA

Year of production: 2014

Country: Ukraine, Netherlands

Length: 130 minutes

Genre: documentary

Maidan chronicles the civil uprising against the regime of president Yanukovych that took place in Kiev (Ukraine) in the winter of 2013/14.

The film follows the progress of the revolution: from peaceful rallies, half a million strong, in the Maidan square, to the bloody street battles between protestors and riot police. Maidan is a portrait of an awakening nation, rediscovering its identity.