Was promoted to become a battalion commander in the 47th Mechanized Brigade
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Oleh Sentsov
Oleh Hennadiiovych Sentsov is a Ukrainian filmmaker, writer, activist and soldier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Crimea. Sentsov has directed the feature films Gamer (2011), Numbers, and Rhino (2021).
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culture · Ukrainian filmmaker and activist (born 1976) · film director · film producer · writer · film screenwriter · screenwriter · director · also Oleh Sentsov, Oleg Gennadyevich Sentsov, Oleg Sentsov, Sentsov
Born 13 July 1976 · Q17128150
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2025· 1 entry
2024· 7 entries
Variety: ‘Real’ Review: Oleh Sentsov’s Ukrainian War Documentary Is Unplanned but Utterly Immersive
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The Hollywood Reporter: Ukraine War in Karlovy Vary Focus as Oleh Sentsov Meets Czech President Before ‘Real’ World Premiere
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Yahoo: Oleh Sentsov On How He “Accidentally” Captured The Front Line In Ukraine’s Defense Against Russia’s Invasion In Karlovy Vary Doc ‘Real’
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The Hollywood Reporter: Oleh Sentsov on Documenting “the Truth” From the Ukraine War Trenches in One-Shot Film ‘Real’
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Deadline.com: Oleh Sentsov Captures The Front Line In Ukraine’s Defense Against Russia’s Invasion In Karlovy Vary-Bound Doc ‘Real’ – First Look Trailer
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Released Real, a documentary he filmed during a battle in the early days of the war
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Sentsov released Real, a documentary showing a group of Ukrainian soldiers in a trench during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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2023· 3 entries
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Ukrainian Filmmaker Oleh Sentsov Says He Was Wounded While Fighting Russian Troops
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Yahoo: Oksana Zabuzhko and Oleh Sentsov become laureates of Legion of Honour
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Sentsov and Babich had already ended their relation when Babich was pregnant and, as of July 2023, she is raising the child without Sentsov's involvement.
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2022· 1 entry
Velch gave birth to Sentsov's fourth child (and Velch second child) and his second son in December 2022.
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2018· 4 entries
Rferl.org: Imprisoned Ukrainian Film Director Oleh Sentsov Wins Sakharov Prize
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VOA rated the claim “"Oleg Sentsov has stopped his hunger strike, giving a written statement on that. He has also agreed to start eating.”” Misleading.
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Awarded Sakharov Prize (2018).
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Awarded honorary citizen of Paris (2018).
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2016· 2 entries
Awarded Shevchenko National Prize (2016).
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Sentsov divorced his previous wife Alla in 2016.
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2014· 2 entries
Near the Eternal Flame memorial and Lenin monument in Simferopol and to set fire to the offices of the Russian Community of Crimea public organization and the United Russia party branch in Simferopol on April 14 and Apri
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“s lawyers, investigators refused to open a case on his allegations of torture, suggesting that his bruises were self-inflicted and that he was keen on sado-masochism. Starting on 19 May 2014, Sentsov was detained in Moscow”
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1976· 1 entry
Born 1976-07-13.
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