EXCLUSIVE: Tel Aviv-based documentary sales outfit Cinephil has acquired world rights to Notes Of A True Criminal , the first documentary in more than three decades from Oscar-nominated producer and director Alexander Rodnyansky, long-time collaborator of Andrey Zvyagintsev, with whom he produced films including Leviathan and Loveless.

Notes Of A True Criminal, co-directed by Andriy Alferov, receives its world premiere out of competition at the Venice Film Festival next week.

The film, produced by Rodnyansky for AR Content and Alferov, is a deeply personal affair in which Rodnyansky reflects on the circumstances which led to him being denounced as a “foreign agent” by the Russian government, having previously been one of the most prominent producers working in Russia. Last autumn

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