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Atoms & Void, the Netherlands-based production and sales company run by Sergei Loznitsa and Maria Choustova, has closed a French sale on Loznitsa’s most recent feature documentary “The Invasion,” which premiered on Thursday as a Special Screening in Cannes. Potemkine Films has taken all rights for France, while the film’s French co-producer ARTE France maintains its exclusive TV/VOD window. “The Invasion” arrives 10 years after the release of Sergei Loznitsa’s epic “Maidan,” which chronicled the Ukrainian uprising.

In his latest feature documentary, Loznitsa returns to Ukraine to chronicle his country’s struggle against the Russian invasion. Shot over a two-year period, the film portrays the life of the civilian population all over Ukraine – from Lviv and Odessa to Kyiv and Dnipro – and presents a statement of Ukrainian resilience in the face of a barbaric invasion. In the second part of his Ukrainian diptych, Loznitsa paints a monumental canvas of a nation determined to defend its right to exist.



Loznitsa and Choustova commented: “Sergei Loznitsa’s documentary and fiction films have consistently resonated at the Cannes Film Festival and with French audiences. We are thrilled that Potemkine Films will give ‘The Invasion,’ one of Sergei’s most personal works, the big screen treatment to amplify the film’s urgent message. We anticipate that further distributors will soon join us to bring ‘The Invasion’ to theaters across Europe and worldw.

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