‘Everyone was freaking out’: Navalny novichok film made in secret premieres at Sundance

Director Daniel Roher tells of panic after team recorded Alexei Navalny pranking one of his Russian poisoners into confessing

A documentary film about Alexei Navalny, who narrowly survived an apparent poisoning attempt with novichok, has premiered at the Sundance film festival.

The 90-minute film, simply titled Navalny, features fly-on-the-wall footage of the Russian opposition leader, filmed during the several months he spent in Germany in late 2020 as he recovered from the poisoning. There are interviews with Navalny, his wife, Yulia, and his closest team.