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Special Operation
Quando le truppe russe hanno occupato la Centrale Nucleare Ucraina di Chernobyl, le loro attività sono state documentate dalle telecamere a circuito chiuso. Special Operation si basa su quei filmati, registrati sul luogo del peggior disastro nucleare della storia. Oleksiy Radynski è un regista e scrittore che opera a Kyiv. I suoi film sperimentano con le forme documentaristiche e le pratiche del cinema politico. Sono stati proiettati in festival cinematografici e mostre in tutto il mondo, tra cui la Berlinale, l’International Film Festival Rotterdam, l’Institute of Contemporary Arts, la Biennale di Taipei, lo Sheffield Doc Fest, il DOK Leipzig. Il suo film Chornobyl 22 (2023) ha vinto il Gran Premio all’Oberhausen International Short Film Festival.
When the Russian troops occupied Ukraine’s Chornobyl Nuclear Pow- er Plant, their activities were documented by the CCTV cameras. Special Operation is based on that footage, recorded at the site of the worst nuclear disaster in history. Oleksiy Radynski is a filmmaker and writer based in Kyiv. His films experiment with documen- tary forms and the practices of political cinema. They have been screened at film festivals and exhibitions worldwide including Berlinale, International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Taipei Biennial, Sheffield Doc Fest, DOK Leipzig. His film Chornobyl 22 (2023) won the Grand Prix at the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival.