Oleg Sentsov in conversation with Natalia Koliada & David Lan
Date and time:
Friday 15 November, 2019
17:30 - 20:00
Location:
The Frontline Club
13 Norfolk Place
London
W2 1QJ
Ukrainian director and writer Oleg Sentsov is from Crimea. When Russia annexed the peninsula, he was arrested and sentenced to 20 years in a gulag-style prison in Siberia, becoming the face of the struggle against Russia. Activists across the world all fought for his release. On September 7 2019, he was set free as part of a prisoner exchange. He cannot return to Crimea. In this exclusive UK event, Sentsov will be in conversation with Natalia Koliada & David Lan about life as a filmmaker, director and writer, and what he hopes the future holds.
This will be followed by a screening of acclaimed documentary "The Trial: The State of Russia vs Oleg Sentsov” by Askold Kurov. In his documentary, Kurov investigates the truth behind the show-trial, documenting the courageous way in which Sentsov defends himself.
This event will be held in Russian with English translation.
£8.50 standard
Speaker
Oleg Sentsov
Oleg Sentsov is a Ukrainian director and writer from Crimea. When Russia annexed the peninsula, he was arrested and sentenced to 20 years in a gulag-style prison in Siberia on trumped-up charges and became the face of Ukrainian struggle against Russia. International filmmakers, human rights organizations and activists from across the world all fought for his release. On September 7 2019, he was set free as part of a prisoner exchange. He cannot return to Crimea, where his mother and two children lived until recently.
Speaker
Natalia Koliada
Natalia Koliada is the co-founding Artistic Director of Belarus Free Theatre (BFT), an award-winning theatre-maker, writer and director. As an internationally renowned diplomat and human rights campaigner Natalia has pioneered a unique method of transversal lobbying and campaigning, uniting artistic, geopolitical, environmental and human rights concerns, to bring systematic change to different societies.
Speaker
David Lan
David Lan is a writer, producer and social anthropologist. He was writer in residence at the Royal Court 1995 to 1997 and artistic director of the Young Vic 2000 to 2018. He is currently Theatre Associate at BAM in New York. His memoir ‘As if by Chance: Journeys, Theatres, Lives’ will be published by Faber and Faber in early 2020.
