Atlantis

Valentyn Vasyanovych / 2020 / 108 minutes / Ukraine

Ukraine’s official selection for the 2021 Academy Awards, Valentyn Vasyanovych’s haunting and suddenly-prescient sci-fi feature Atlantis envisions a Russian invasion of his country, and its aftermath. Eastern Ukraine, 2025. A desert unsuitable for human habitation. Water is a dear commodity brought by trucks. A Wall is being build-up on the border. Sergiy, a former soldier, is having trouble adapting to his new reality. He meets Katya while on the Black Tulip mission dedicated to exhuming the past. Together, they try to return to some sort of normal life in which they are also allowed to fall in love again.

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“An electrifying post-apocalyptic vision…. One of the most jaw-dropping shots of the year... Absolutely deserving of the biggest canvas possible — it’s a world you want to live in.”
— Ryan Lattanzio, Indiewire
“Riveting. A fearfully powerful feature. Mr. Vasyanovych’s approach is literally and figuratively visionary.”
— Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
“Critic’s Pick! Vasyanovych’s style is informed by both Kubrick and early Jim Jarmusch.”
— Glenn Kenny, The New York Times
“Dazzling, strange, tragic, comic, touching and eventually optimistic. Masterful.”
— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
“Atlantis is stunning to watch. A remarkable piece of filmmaking from an exciting emerging Eastern European voice."
— Nikki Baughan, Screen
“Like some kind of unholy amalgamation of Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker and Sergei Loznitsa’s Donbass, Atlantis imagines a futuristic, liberated Ukraine that nevertheless is in ruins.”
— Daniel Gorman, InReview Online
"The film’s use of scale to drive home the absurdity of its characters’ actions recalls Werner Herzog’s tragicomic existentialism."
— David Robb, Slant
"A strong piece of poetically pure art-house cinema that offers a ray of hope for humanity’s future."
— Dennis Harvey, Variety
“Dark yet humanly luminous.”
— Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter

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Where to Watch

Lake Worth Playhouse

Lake Worth, FL

03/04/2022

Sie FilmCenter

Denver, CO

03/11/2022

Zeitgeist Theatre

Arabi, LA

03/11/2022

Cinéma Moderne

Montreal, QC

03/17/2022

The Nightlight Cinema

Akron, OH

03/18/2022

Lincoln Theatre

Mount Vernon, WA

03/24/2022

Tin Pan Theater

Bend, OR

03/24/2022

Gene Siskel Film Center

Chicago, IL

03/25/2022

Museum of the Moving Image

Queens, NY

03/25/2022

Images Cinema

Williamstown, MA

03/28/2022

Northwest Film Forum

Seattle, WA

04/01/2022

DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

04/01/2022

Vancouver International Film Centre

Vancouver, BC

04/01/2022

American Cinematheque, Los Feliz

Los Angeles, CA

04/03/2022

Bear Tooth Theatrepub

Anchorage, AK

04/04/2022

Calgary Cinematheque

Calgary, AB

04/07/2022

TIFF Cinematheque

Toronto, ON

04/07/2022

Zeiterion Theater

New Bedford, MA

04/07/2022

Oklahoma City Museum of Art

Oklahoma, OK

04/09/2022

Carbon Arc Cinema

Halifax, NS

04/15/2022

Winnipeg Film Group

Winnipeg, MB

04/23/2022

The Ryder

Bloomington, IN

04/22/2022

Guild Cinema

Albuquerque, NM

04/26/2022

Civic Theatre

Allentown, PA

04/29/2022

AFI Silver Theatre

Silver Springs, MD

05/05/2022

Indiana University Cinema

Bloomington, IN

11/11/2022