IZOLYATSIA
Synopsis
«Isolation» is the name of Europe's largest torture center. This name comes from the Donetsk plant of insulating materials. The factory ceased to exist after the collapse of the USSR. In the early 2000s a center for contemporary art was created within its walls. The art center was destroyed in 2014 by pro-Russian guerillas. Factory cellars have turned into torture chambers. Those who came out alive testify to this. It is a film about dehumanization. About how a person loses all his bearings and becomes a monster.
«Isolation» is the name of Europe's largest torture center. This name comes from the Donetsk plant of insulating materials. The factory ceased to exist after the collapse of the USSR. In the early 2000s a center for contemporary art was created within its walls. The art center was destroyed in 2014 by pro-Russian guerillas. Factory cellars have turned into torture chambers. Those who came out alive testify to this. It is a film about dehumanization. About how a person loses all his bearings and becomes a monster.
Production year
2023
Runtime
82min
Genre
Documentary
Countries of production
Ukraine
Scripted & Directed by
Igor Minaev
Produced by
Iurii Leuta
Co-produced by
Suspilne Media
Director of photography
Valeriy Makhnyov
Music by
Vadim Sher
Editor
Bohdan Murin
2023
Runtime
82min
Genre
Documentary
Countries of production
Ukraine
Scripted & Directed by
Igor Minaev
Produced by
Iurii Leuta
Co-produced by
Suspilne Media
Director of photography
Valeriy Makhnyov
Music by
Vadim Sher
Editor
Bohdan Murin
Director's statement
Igor Minaev was born in 1954 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Was studing at Kyiv National University of Theatre, Film and TV n.a. Karpenko-Kary, feature film department, 1977. Works and lives in Paris.
2023 - Izolyatsia
2018 - The Cacophony of Donbas
2015 - Blue Dress
2006 - Away from Sunset Boulevard
2002 - Moonlight Meadows
1995 - The Flood
1991 - The Underground Temple of Communism
1990 - Ground floor (Сannes Film Festival)
1988 - Cold March (Сannes Film Festival)
2023 - Izolyatsia
2018 - The Cacophony of Donbas
2015 - Blue Dress
2006 - Away from Sunset Boulevard
2002 - Moonlight Meadows
1995 - The Flood
1991 - The Underground Temple of Communism
1990 - Ground floor (Сannes Film Festival)
1988 - Cold March (Сannes Film Festival)
The torture center "Isolyatsia" in Donetsk became famous thanks to the book of Stanislav Aseyev who spent two years in this hell. After Aseyev's book many believed that "Isolyatsia" is a separate crime. But there are no separate crimes. On February 24 everything came out. The task of the film is to convey that war criminals should appear before an international tribunal. What happened and is happening in Ukraine can happen anywhere. "Isolyatsia" is a film about how dehumanization occurs.
Igor Minaev
Director
Stills