Special screening The Invasion - Rialto De Pijp | 9 April | 18.15
There seems to be no end to the war in Ukraine; Putin does not want peace until his absurd terms are accepted. How Ukrainians endure that war was captured by director Sergei Loznitsa in his impressive documentary The Invasion.
Reason enough to invite Loznitsa once more to Rialto. And he is coming: on Wednesday 9 April, at the 6.15pm screening. Before the film, he will be interviewed by fellow director Jessica Gorter, whose films include The Red Soul and The Dmitriev Affair.
The Invasion
In 2013, the Ukrainian people revolted against their corrupt president, Viktor Yanukovych, a man who professed to be a Putin vassal at heart. On the contrary, the protesters wanted nothing to do with Putin and advocated joining the European Union. Initially, the protests were peaceful, but eventually riot police intervened violently. Many casualties later, Yanukovych had to step down in 2014. Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa, a true chronicler of Ukrainian history, was there and recorded the events, resulting in the impressive documentary Maidan.
Now, a decade later, he continues the story. In 2022, the Russians invaded Ukraine to carry out a āspecial military operationā there - a euphemism for a barbaric, belligerent invasion, which continues to this day. Loznitsa filmed over a two-year period how the civilian population endured that war. He shows determined and resilient people willing to fight for their right to exist until the last gasp.
