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International Competition

RHINO
NOSORIH

• Director: Oleh Sentsov
• UKRAINE, GERMANY, POLAND / 2021 / DCP / Colour / 101’ / Ukrainian, Russian; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Oleh Sentsov
• Director of Photography: Bogumil Godfrejów
• Editing: Karolina Maciejewska
• Music: Andriy Ponomariov
• Cast: Serhii Filimonov, Yevhen Chernykov, Yevhen Grygoriev, Alina Zevakova
• Producer: Denis Ivanov, Oleh Sentsov, Dariusz Jabloński, Violetta Kamińska, Izabela Wójcik, Heino Deckert
• Production Co.: Arthouse Traffic, Cry Cinema, Apple Film Production, Ma.ja.de Fiction
• World Sales: WestEnd Films

2021 Stockholm Best Film, Best Actor (S. Filimonov)
2021 Batumi Best Actor (S. Filimonov)

The latest feature film by Ukrainian filmmaker and political activist Oleh Sentsov premiered at the 2021 Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti section as the closing film. The story centres around a young gangster nicknamed Rhino, who’s trying to survive Ukraine’s ‘wild 90s.’ Starting out as an aggressive delinquent, Rhino quickly works his way up the criminal hierarchy. Rhino has only known power and cruelty, but with nothing left to lose, could he finally find a chance at redemption? Inspired by one of his friends in real life for the Rhino character, Oleh Sentsov was arrested in 2014 by the Russian intelligence agency FSB, interrupting the production of the film, which only resumed following his release in 2019.

Some scenes of violent/sexual content might disturb some viewers.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.