International Competition

Having openly challenged President Vladimir Putin, Khodorkovsky was convicted, his oil company, YUKOS, seized and his pro-democracy efforts curtailed. He remains defiantly imprisoned. In unprecedented interviews with Khodorkovsky’s family, his associates and prominent politicians and journalists, director Cathryn Collins reveals how liberty and the rule of law have become casualties in modern Russia. ‘Power’ takes an unvarnished look at the consolidation of power in an oil dependent Russia to reveal a frightening picture of repression and retribution reminiscent of Stalin’s regime. Cathryn Collins has been following the life of Mikhail Khodorkovsky for a decade. Her pursuit of this provocative story led to a singleminded odyssey across three continents in the creation of her first film ‘Vlast’ (‘Power’). With the tenacity of a war correspondent, Collins cobbled together a story of power in Russia few hazarded confronting.