Antidote

Local title
Vastumürk
Director
James Jones
Country
United Kingdom
Year
2024
Festival
28th Black Nights Film Festival
Programme
Best of Docs
Genre
drama
Subject
individual vs society, politics

A daring escape from Russia’s poisoning programme reveals the deadly cost of truth.

What is the cost of speaking truth to power? In Putin's Russia, it could be your life. “Antidote” is a real-life, high-stakes thriller that follows a whistleblower from inside Russia's poisoning programme as he attempts to escape; Vladimir Kara-Murza, a prominent political activist twice poisoned and now on trial for treason; and his wife, Yevgenia. One of the central figures is Christo Grozev, an investigative journalist who exposed the involvement of Russian FSB officers in the poisoning of Alexei Navalny. Now under threat himself, Grozev is forced to flee for his life.

Emmy-winning filmmaker James Jones reveals the human cost of heroism with incredible access to the lives of those fighting for change against a tyrannical regime that will stop at nothing to maintain the status quo.

Director
James Jones
Producer
James Jones, David Moulton
Cinematographer
Edgar Dubrovsky, Jean Louis Schuller
Composer
Uno Helmersson
Runtime
Language
Bulgarian, English, Russian
Subtitles
English
Other festivals
Tribeca
Director
James Jones

Screenings

8th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening040801 / Vastumürk
SubtitlesEnglish
Q&A guestsJames Jones (Director, Producer)
Q&A duration
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Hall 2 Kino Artis
Screening062204 / Vastumürk
SubtitlesEnglish
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5th Lux Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening150501 / Vastumürk
SubtitlesEnglish
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