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          11. – 22. March 2026

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              The Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door

              The Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door

              Dan Vernon / United Kingdom / 2026 / World Premiere / 79 min

              A botched assassination. A quiet English city contaminated by a chemical weapon. Russian spies on the run. A mother of three killed. A government fearing the start of WW3. The most extraordinary true spy tale in modern history.

              The story begins in March 2018, when former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia collapse on a park bench in Salisbury, England – a quaint, historic city where nothing normally happens. But what starts as a local incident explodes into a geopolitical crisis, which exposes the covert espionage war being raged between Russia and the West. A cinematic portrait of loyalty and betrayal and a story that resonates amid ongoing tensions with Russia, the documentary explores the collision of two men: Sergei Skripal and Vladimir Putin, the dictator determined to settle an old score by sending assassins to Salisbury armed with the deadly nerve agent Novichok.

              Featuring rare, in-depth interviews with senior UK officials who led the response, including former Prime Minister Theresa May, Home Secretary Amber Rudd, MI6 Chiefs and KGB agents, the film brings audiences inside a shadowy conflict normally kept from public view. The film features testimony from first responders and the people of Salisbury, alongside exclusive scenes with investigative journalist Christo Grozev (‘Antidote’, CPH:DOX 2025) the man who first exposed the culprits behind this attack, by piecing together the clues in his own uniquely original way. A tense thriller, and a meditation on power and revenge, The Spy Next Door explores how a sleepy English city became the frontline of an international showdown, and how the aftershocks of this failed assassination continue to echo today.