Project Detail

Antidote

Synopsis

A deeply immersed and urgent film that reveals the cost of standing up to Vladimir Putin and telling the truth about modern Russia. It follows a whistleblower from inside Russia's poison programme as he attempts to escape, a prominent political activist who is poisoned twice and now stands trial for treason, and the man exposing Putin's murder machine as he is forced to go on the run himself.
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2024 - Documentary Competition - World premiere
Official Selection Rome Film Festival 2024 - European premiere
Official Selection Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2024
Official Selection CPH:DOX 2025
Official Selection Hot Docs International Film Festival 2025

Details

Year: 2024
Type of film: Features
Running time: 86 min
Director: James Jones
Producer: James Jones
Executive Producer: Geralyn Dreyfous, Hamish Fergusson, Jenny Raskin, Andrew Ruhemann
Editor: Rupert Houseman
Director of Photography: Edgar Dubrovskiy, Jean-Louis Schuller
Sound: James Jones
Composer: Uno Helmersson
Production Executive: Tom Cross

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Passion Pictures

County House
33-34 Rathbone Place
London
W1T 1JN

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Sales Company

Submarine Entertainment

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