For 30 years now, the German film-production company Ma.ja.de. has consistently delivered documentaries and feature films selected at international festivals and securing worldwide distribution.
Starting out as a petty thief, a young man nicknamed “Rhino” quickly works his way up the criminal hierarchy in 1990’s Ukraine. Rhino has only known power and cruelty, but with nothing left to lose, could he finally find a chance at redemption?
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Director
Oleg Sentsov
Production
Arthouse Traffic, Cry Cinema in co-production with Apple Film Production and Ma.ja.de. Fiction, Polish co-producer DI Factory, in association with ZDF/ARTE
Funding
Ukrainian State Film Agency, Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, Eurimages, Polish Film Institute, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
Venice IFF (Orizzonti section) 2021, Batumi International Art House FF 2021 (Best Actor Award for Serhii Filimonov), Warsaw FF 2021, Stockholm IFF 2021 (Best Film, Best Actor Award for Serhii Filimonov), IFF of India 2021, CPH PIX 2021, Thessaloniki FF 2021, Les Arcs FF 2021, Ulsan IFF 2021, Sofia IFF 2022, Taipei Golden Horse Fantastic FF 2022, Istanbul FF 2022, Transilvania IFF 2022, Motovun FF 2022, Riga IFF 2022