Navalny

Synopsis

In August 2020 a plane travelling from Siberia to Moscow diverted to Omsk when a passenger on board became deathly ill. That passenger was Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critic - Alexei Navalny, the leader of Russia’s opposition, a man many had long feared would be killed for his refusal to be silent. Navalny’s wife and colleagues, convinced that Navalny had been poisoned and terrified of what might happen to him in a Siberian hospital, raced to Omsk and fought to evacuate him to Germany. There, German authorities confirmed that Navalny had been dosed with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok.

Director Biography

Daniel Roher’s films have taken him to every corner of the globe, from Japan to Uganda to Nunavut and beyond. His feature documentary debut, Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band, was executive produced by Martin Scorsese and Ron Howard. It was the opening night film at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. He is an accomplished visual artist.