Thursday Cinema
Sobytie [The Event]
Salt Beyoğlu
November 7, 2019 19.00
![Sobytie 2015 1 <i>Sobytie</i> [Olay] (2015) filminden bir kare ©Atoms & Void](/directus/media/thumbnails/sobytie_2015-1-jpg-780-5000-false.jpg)
Still from Sobytie [The Event] (2015) ©Atoms & Void
Walk-in Cinema
Sobytie [The Event] (2015)
Director: Sergei Loznitsa
74 minutes
Russian, English; Turkish and English subtitles
Although the Soviet coup d’état attempt in August 1991 collapsed in three days, it is widely considered to have contributed to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. As president Mikhail Gorbachev was detained by the coup leaders, state-run TV and radio channels—usurped by the putschists—broadcast Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake instead of news bulletins, and crowds of protestors gathered around Moscow’s White House. In the city of Leningrad thousands of confused, scared, excited, and desperate people poured onto the streets to become a part of the event, which was supposed to change their destiny.
A quarter of a century later, Ukranian director Sergei Loznitsa revisits the dramatic moments of those days in his 2015 Sobytie [The Event]. A captivating documentary film entirely made from found archival footage, it questions the event, which was hailed worldwide as the birth of “Russian democracy,” in a contemporary context: What really happened back then? What was the driving force behind the crowds on the Palace Square in Leningrad? What exactly are we witnessing; the end of the regime or its creative rebranding? Who are these people looking at the camera; victors or victims?
Thursday Cinema is supported by Garanti BBVA Mortgage. Program is free. Reservations are not accepted.
In accordance with Article 7 of Law No. 5224 amended on 18.01.2019,
films that have not been assessed and classified by the General Directorate of Cinema, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Republic of Turkey, can only be screened under the classification of 18+ at festivals, special screenings or similar culture and arts events.
Sobytie [The Event] (2015)
Director: Sergei Loznitsa
74 minutes
Russian, English; Turkish and English subtitles
Although the Soviet coup d’état attempt in August 1991 collapsed in three days, it is widely considered to have contributed to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. As president Mikhail Gorbachev was detained by the coup leaders, state-run TV and radio channels—usurped by the putschists—broadcast Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake instead of news bulletins, and crowds of protestors gathered around Moscow’s White House. In the city of Leningrad thousands of confused, scared, excited, and desperate people poured onto the streets to become a part of the event, which was supposed to change their destiny.
A quarter of a century later, Ukranian director Sergei Loznitsa revisits the dramatic moments of those days in his 2015 Sobytie [The Event]. A captivating documentary film entirely made from found archival footage, it questions the event, which was hailed worldwide as the birth of “Russian democracy,” in a contemporary context: What really happened back then? What was the driving force behind the crowds on the Palace Square in Leningrad? What exactly are we witnessing; the end of the regime or its creative rebranding? Who are these people looking at the camera; victors or victims?
Thursday Cinema is supported by Garanti BBVA Mortgage. Program is free. Reservations are not accepted.
films that have not been assessed and classified by the General Directorate of Cinema, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Republic of Turkey, can only be screened under the classification of 18+ at festivals, special screenings or similar culture and arts events.
