Controversial 'DAU' Soviet Simulation Project Finally Heads to Venice Film Festival

After two decades of production, legal battles, and ethical controversies, director Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s massive immersive Soviet-era film experiment is set to screen at the Venice International Film Festival.

8 Sept, 13:05 — 8 Sept, 13:05

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Inside ‘DAU,’ the 20-Year Soviet Simulation That Became Cinema’s Strangest Ghost Story

Director Ilya Khrzhanovsky built a sealed Soviet world in Ukraine, populated it with thousands of participants and filmed them for three years. Two decades, 14 films and innumerable scandals later, his original epic is finally coming to Venice — amid a new geopolitical firestorm.

By Scott Roxborough

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Controversial 'DAU' Soviet Simulation Project Finally Heads to Venice Film Festival

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