Dubliner Johnny O’Reilly graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a degree in Russian in 1995
The film’s release in the US coincided with Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial, for putting pressure on Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy to discredit the Biden family. O’Reilly projected the title Moscow Never Sleeps on to the side of the Trump building in Manhattan for several minutes before police intervened. His video of the incident went viral and was used to promote the movie.
O’Reilly had worked for the Irish Film Board and knew how effective a film commission can be in liaising with film producers and attracting foreign investment. He lobbied to set up a film commission in Ukraine. His efforts were defeated by the Covid-19 pandemic. He finished the second draft on February 24th, 2022. There was obviously no point attempting to make a movie in Ukraine that had nothing to do with the war.
“Maxim’s friends were arrested, tortured and forced to betray comrades. Maxim decided it was more dangerous to stay than to leave and asked me to help him escape. There were a lot of ex-CIA and ex-special forces still around here trying to help. We put together a plan with a boat-driver who went across Russian-controlled waters, armed and with night vision equipment.”
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