While watching the film, viewers can comment and interact with others across social media platforms by using the hashtag #NAVALNY.ĬNN Films produces and acquires documentary feature and short films for theatrical and festival exhibition and distribution across CNN's multiple platforms.
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The film will be available on demand for CNN+ subscribers, and for pay TV subscribers via CNN.com, CNN apps, and cable operator platforms. NAVALNY, will stream live for pay TV subscribers via CNN.com and CNN OTT and mobile apps under "TV Channels," or CNNgo where available. The film is currently screening in European and American film festivals, and exhibiting at theaters in Britain. Documentary competition, and the fan-selected Festival Favorite Award, following its 'secret' world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Prior to its theatrical exhibition, NAVALNY was honored with both the Audience Award in the U.S. Christo Grozev is the executive director for Bellingcat, whose work is featured in the film. The editorial team was led by Langdon Page and Maya Daisy Hawke. Amy Entelis and Courtney Sexton of CNN Films, and Maria Pevchikh of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, are executive producers of the documentary. Both Entelis and Sexton are executive producers for NAVALNY.ĭirected by Daniel Roher, NAVALNY is produced by Odessa Rae of RaeFilm Studios, Diane Becker and Melanie Miller of Fishbowl Films, and Shane Boris of Cottage M. "Especially as Americans are looking to understand the broader context for the tragic events happening in Eastern Europe, we are able to offer NAVALNY to television and streaming audiences," said Courtney Sexton, senior vice president for CNN Films. "We are pleased to offer NAVALNY via CNN and CNN+, making this critical film widely available," said Amy Entelis, executive vice president for talent and content development for CNN Worldwide. The film follows the investigation into the assassination plot, and includes reporting from the investigative news organizations, Bellingcat and CNN.
Roher interweaves interviews with Navalny, Navalny's family, and contemporaneous eyewitnesses to key events, with other records. In a riveting account that unwinds like a real-life thriller, Roher methodically documents the careful research and analysis that unmasked the would-be killers, and why they sought to kill the man Putin apparently considers a serious threat to his power. Roher takes viewers inside what happened behind the alarming global headlines that followed: heated arguments between Navalny's wife and the initial local Russian hospital team over his care Navalny's eventual emergency medical evacuation to Germany and, the remarkable German assertion that Navalny had been poisoned by a Russian government-linked nerve agent, Novichok.Īlexey Navalny, had long ago made powerful enemies in Russia, including Vladimir Putin himself. In August of 2020, shocking social media video emerged of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, writhing in pain inside a commercial airplane as alarmed crew and fellow passengers tried to render aid. NAVALNY, a Daniel Roher Film, is presented by CNN Films and HBO Max, in association with Fishbowl Films, RaeFilm Studios, and Cottage M. NAVALNY will premiere on CNN+ at 9:00pm Eastern on April 24, with no commercials. The CNN TV broadcast will air at 9:00pm Eastern and will re-air at 11:00pm Eastern on April 24, presented with limited commercial interruption. The film explores the attempted assassination of enigmatic Russian anti-corruption campaigner and former presidential candidate, Alexey Navalny. Pictures and Fathom Events, the Daniel Roher-directed NAVALNY will premiere on CNN TV in North America, and via the CNN+ streaming service in the United States, beginning Sunday, April 24. Subscribe here to stream: /LzQcOPXtVR- CNN+ April 15, 2022įresh from its North American special event screenings with Warner Bros. Navalny premieres on #CNNPlus on April 24.
Witness the story of Alexey Navalny, Vladimir Putin’s biggest threat. The film explores the attempted assassination of enigmatic Russian anti-corruption campaigner and former presidential candidate, Alexey Navalny.ĬNN FILMS To Premiere Alexey Navalny Documentary For CNN And CNN+ On Sunday, April 24 - Fresh From North American Special Event Screeningsĭaniel Roher Directs The Riveting NAVALNY Film Unravels Stunning Assassination Plot, Allegedly Linked To The Kremlin, Against Former Russian Presidential Candidate CNN Films to Premiere Alexey Navalny Documentary for CNN and CNN+ on Sunday, April 24 - Fresh from North American Special Event Screenings