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Daniel Roher (/ r ɔːr /) is a Canadian documentary film director from Toronto, Ontario. He is most noted for his 2019 film Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band, which was the opening film of the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, and his 2022 film Navalny, about the Russian opposition leader, lawyer, anti-corruption activist, and political prisoner, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.
Feb 16, 2024 · Daniel Roher’s Oscar-winning 2022 documentary, “Navalny,” helped bring the story of Alexei Navalny into sharper focus for people around the world, delivering an intimate and personal ...
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Using the camcorder he received as a gift, Roher's first movies were fun projects made with friends, shooting around Toronto, learning about cameras. Early adventures included shutting down a TTC subway line when a portable generator started leaking gas — they were lugging it from his parents' house to light a Toronto alleyway. Roher was just 15. "...
For his early short films, Roher had few resources but a ton of grit — he was willing to show up first and ask questions later. "I would just pick a place in the world that was of interest to me, and I would go there and I would spend five weeks or six weeks and just stay there and try and find a story and try and shoot a movie," Roher said. "It wa...
As of March 3, The Hollywood Reporter predicted that Navalnywould win best documentary feature. "One of the most thrilling of the year," wrote critic Brian Tallerico, editor of RogerEbert.com. "Roher and his team are quite literally watching history unfold.… There's a scene with a phone call that should be on any list of the best documentary moment...
Navalny is a 2022 American documentary film directed by Daniel Roher. [2] [3] The film revolves around Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and events related to his poisoning. [4] It was produced by HBO Max and CNN Films. The film premiered on January 25, 2022 at the Sundance Film Festival, where it received critical and audience acclaim ...
Feb 17, 2024 · Daniel Roher and Yulia Navalnaya embrace at the 2023 Oscars. The prospect of Navalny's mortality is a thread that runs throughout the film. In one scene, between interviews, one of Navalny's team ...
Feb 16, 2024 · Feb. 16, 2024. In the opening moments of “ Navalny ,” the Oscar-winning 2022 documentary about the Russian opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny, the director Daniel Roher asks his subject a ...
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Mar 12, 2023 · As Navalny won best documentary feature film at the 2023 Oscars, filmmaker Daniel Roher dedicated the award to the film’s namesake political prisoner and Putin critic while Navalny’s wife told ...
