Donbass

"A scathing portrait of a society where human interaction has descended to a level of barbarity more in keeping with late antiquity than the so-called contemporary civilized world."

"Donbass is a flawed, but vivid achievement."

"Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa couches his bleak humour in documentary-like settings to create an environment that is unsettling and increasingly warped by its own logic."

"A sprawling black comedy with a vast ensemble cast, it evokes a chaotic state of social breakdown in the Donbass region of Ukraine, often with virtuoso brilliance, but its sometimes over-stretched vignettes can easily tax the overwhelmed viewer."

"A brilliant formalist, Loznitsa likes to turn his camera on crowds in motion, turning each sequence into a collective indictment."

"Loznitsa builds up a portrait of a bitter clockwork world where the faces of the doomed are above all part of a landscape."