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Fragments from a YouTube channel called "Memento Mori" that was discovered under strange circumstances. The vlogger's favorite topic is death. By now the channel has been permanently deleted. The location of the vlogger is unknown.
As Russian children are preparing to become soldiers.
The main character is a young Belarusian Nikita Mitskevich. He is about 20 years old, lives and studies in Minsk. He is a musician, a composer, plays in a fashionable Minsk band But here an event occurs that turns his whole life upside down.
In 2003, Studio Tatyana was shut down by the Lukashenka administration, but the filmmakers' work continued: this is the studio's final manifesto, completed after the closure using the archival material that managed to escape confiscation. Investigative and unsettling, the film documents the rise of the dictator and the political repression – including political assassinations – from the perspective of Russian and Belarusian politicians and citizens attempting to resist.
2015, Belarus witnessed a string of events that had a terrifying effect on the entire society. In the span of just a few months, the Deputy Speaker of the Supreme Soviet died unexpectedly, followed by the disappearances of the Minister of Domestic Affairs, the Deputy Prime Minister, and a respected businessman. Less than a year later, a cameraman from a major television network vanished without a trace. The cases remain unsolved, under separate investigations and with multiple inconsistencies. Fifteen years later, a prominent Belarusian human rights defender meticulously examines all the materials to piece together a nuanced and unsettling picture of the case.
An experimental research of the digital footprint of the phenomenon of the exile of the European Humanities University from Belarus, based on footage found online. Digital video compression artifacts become the aesthetic guide in the exploration of the topics of alienation, migration, adaptation, and of manipulativeness in representation of historic events through contemporary cinematic practices.
The presidential campaign in Belarus in 2020 did not bode well for surprises. The permanent (since 1994) head of state Alexander Lukashenko went to his sixth term. During this time, an authoritarian political regime was established in the country. None of the real applicants were registered as presidential candidates: some were arrested, others left the country. As a result, the only competitor of the incumbent president was the housewife, the wife of one of the political prisoners, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.
A story about a group of teenagers who are desperately fighting to keep alive their horse called Rogue.
Sonya studies at school and faces bullying from her peers.
The film consists of audio tracks from amateur videos taken during the 2020 protests in Belarus: the sounds of people being beaten, dinner in the kitchen to the sounds of gunfire outside the window, the heavy breathing of those running away, the sobbing of a person filming from a balcony, etc. The visuals of the film are a recording from a video surveillance camera in Minsk. Nothing is happening on the screen; it's just a city square and people walking by, living normal lives, but the sounds you hear prove that their lives are no longer normal anymore. This CCTV view looks almost like a prison cell view—the same angle, the same grays, the same grainy texture, and the same figures in the lower part of the frame.
The kingdoms of Yav, Nav and Prav exist in peace and harmony under the rule of Veles, Perun the Thunderer and the prophetic birds Sirin, Alkonost and Gamayun. The insidious goddess of death Palyandra seeks to sow discord in the relations of the deities. Schoolchildren Dima and Matvey have to save our and the fairy-tale worlds from disaster.
When she was five, Liza Volkova found her father, pistol in hands, standing next to her mother's dead body. That very day the father took the girl to the orphanage and left there. For 13 years the girl was planning her revenge, being bullied by peers. Having left the orphanage, Liza finds the shooting club, with the aim to hunt down and kill her father. However, she doesn't even suspect that she herself is someone else's target.
"A film of horrors" that takes place in the head of almost every inhabitant of Belarus - the last reserve of the socialist system.
Debut short films of Belarusian documentary filmmakers, united by the topic of a social role of internet in modern life.
An awkward man is getting rejected by a girl during a date. The night brings horror to both.
A bitter twist of fate: during the drawing of demarcation lines between the Soviet Republics in 1939 nobody dared remove Stalin’s pipe from the map, consequently the borders were drawn around it. It was thus that the Belarusian village of Narvilishky ended up being allocated to Lithuania. At the time nobody foresaw the implications of this decision.
June 1944. The vicinity of Orsha. Ivan Raikov's partisan group goes on a reconnaissance mission. But it is complicated by the appearance of the Jagdkommando, whose main task is to clean up partisan activity in the region.
The director’s granny Zina had lived in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, and, after retirement, she moved to Crimea. Cheerful and bossy, she has always been uniting the big family. After the annexation of Crimea by Russia, visiting her has become an endless hustle. The place has turned into ‘a distant planet’, like Mars, and its environment is unfriendly towards the lonely woman. For many reasons, the time has come for her to make a crucial decision.
In 1937, most members of the Belarusian intelligentsia, including poets, were shot dead in Minsk on a "legal" basis. A few years later, their names were rehabilitated. However, despite this, most of them are still forgotten. 80 years after the tragedy, the young screenwriter begins to collect a portrait of these poets, their life in the 20-30s of the last century. Who were these people? What were their quirks? What inspired them, what they dreamed of and missed the most?
Grand Duke Algerd sees his beloved son Jogaila as his successor. His brother, Samogitian Prince Kęstutis, also has six sons, including his beloved Vytautas, but he swears an oath to his brother that Jogaila will become the Grand Duke. And so it happened. Jogaila inherited a powerful state that stretched from the Baltic to the Black Sea. However, his own eleven brothers and six sons of Kęstutis do not promise a peaceful life. Jogaila decides to strike first.
Vera Alexandrovna is 80 years old. She lives alone in her apartment. Нer only company comes from her caretaker, Irina, and her son, Kirill. Her days have long become monotonous: there is no room for chance, and everything happens according to her plan, exactly as she wants it. Old age is unacceptable to her; to acknowledge it would mean accepting dependence, vulnerability, and the loss of control over her own life. On a typical day, she takes a shower, reads a book, and visits her son. But this morning, a light bulb burns out — and nothing will ever be the same again. Her son Kirill is apathetic and withdrawn: he fears her, resents her, and yet reveres her, making their relationship both dependent and destructive. This unresolved tension culminates in a desperate act.
Dasha’s parents died when she was still a child, but for a long time she kept waiting for them by the fence of their home — her grandmother couldn’t bring herself to tell her the truth. Years pass, and Dasha meets the love of her life. The future seems bright and full of happiness. But once again, her life fills with waiting, uncertainty, and the fear of losing the one she loves most. Her beloved, a military pilot named Kirill, is forced to leave for a few days. He arranges to meet her at noon on the pier — but never shows up. On the way, a gang of hooligans throws him off a moving train. Still, Dasha does not lose hope and keeps coming back, again and again, to wait for her beloved at the pier at noon...
Slowed down, blown up and newly scored 1930's footage depicting daily life and religious rituals of villagers from Bryansk Polesia on the border between modern Russia and Belarus.
Pavel, 28, moved Crimea to a Ukrainian village after the annexation of the peninsula. But it is not easy for him to integrate into the new society. It's easier to be alone.
A friendzoned teen deals with rejection by felling trees with his bare hands.
A parable about meaning of life, starring a recently-hatched chick who can transform into different creatures.
A graduate of an art institute is sent to a psychiatric hospital for an internship. The girl, who didn't want to work with "mentally ill" people, abruptly changes her mind after getting to know her student better.
A fine artist moonlighting as a post-mortem pathologist. A fictionalized account of A.R.Ch's biography.
The plot is based on the story of the rescue of the scientific research vessel "Storm".
A dystopian comedy with a utopian ending.
A snowstorm. An endless snowfield. Snow that never ends. A herd of white horses rushes past a chain of prisoners, dragging through the eternal night. As shadow intersects with light, so does death intersect with life. And this spontaneity is never-ending.
The complex life of simple figures.
A documentary about how Belarus has changed since August 9, 2020. These are the stories of a little man - our main, most important hero.
Experimental film from the almanac of classical music for children "Children's Album". It is dedicated to the constructivist period of Alexander Mosolov, as well as architecture and cinema of this direction and consists of three parts, with conditional names: 1. "Shadows", 2. "Movement", 3. "Volume". The structure of the film is visually and rhythmically close to constructivism.
Story about the struggle for survival of two not-so-bright friends, Sasha and Max. Sasha buys a wig from a sinister old woman, unaware of the horror he is about to unleash upon himself.
The video refers to the current protests in Belarus, political struggle and state violence through the discourse of fascism. The topic of fascism and victory over it has for a long time been central to the state ideology of Belarus.
On the day of the summer solstice, Belarus celebrates Kupalle, an ancient feast of the Nature’s high noon. To gain the power of four elements and become a new sorceress, Kupalinka has to face her own fears.
After viewing random cellphone videos, a young woman confronts her friend about recent emotional distance.
The documentary film created by the famous Russian scientist and poet Alexander Gorodnitsky, Belarusian director Yury Khashchevatsky, German journalist Natalia Kasperovich and German cameraman Semen Fridland.
1943, territory occupied by German troops. The Soviet intelligence officer is given the task to get behind enemy lines and get secret documents. His task is complicated by the fact that he must complete this task alone and that an insidious and dangerous enemy in the person of the Abwehr counterintelligence captain, who considers it a matter of honor to personally catch a Russian saboteur, is on his trail.
When a man's life-saving treatment is suddenly interrupted, it triggers unbearable pain. To survive, he must face the dark and hidden parts of his own psyche that threaten to consume him.
Sur-fantasy action-comedy about a girl and her pain.
On the night of August 13-14, the authorities started a mass release of protesters against rigged presidential elections from prisons on Akrestsina street in Minsk and Zhodzina. All these days hundreds of relatives waited, and some continue to wait under the walls of the detention facility for their children, wives, husbands, brothers, sisters, parents and friends. Detainees come out of prisons and tell about the violence and abuse which they experienced. Information about this is instantly spread on the Internet. People already know the truth. Film director Andrey Kutsila will depict not the stories of torture victims themselves, but their relatives. Under the walls of the prison on Akrestsina street, they are in some emotional state of uncertainty, confusion and hope. The camera will “pick up” individual faces from the crowd and supposedly overhear conversations of Belarusians, filled with pain, anger and despair.
A bold take on weddings.
A Belarusian vlogger arrives in Moscow to celebrate New Year's without money and with no cell phone.
She lives in plenty. A successful marriage, a comfortable routine, a cushy job, an office affair. Everyone’s alive and well. She is attractive and clever. But it’s not enough for her. Anna’s husband is offered a promotion with a transfer to Vladivostok. Being a romantic person, Anna willingly accepts it and... it is where her settled life starts to crack.
An experimental film about YouTube.
After getting caught in the summer rain, the director hides under the edge of an abandoned shed. A feeling of being "in the moment" follows.
This summer teenagers will go into the woods, again. To find there their death.
Film by Victor Asliuk featuring the artist Viktar Kabac, shot in Poland.
The song "Only in Grodno" is known and loved not only by Grodno residents. Many consider it folklore, but the filmmakers managed to find the author. How was a hit song born more than 30 years old?
80’s style surreal sketch. Philip is trying his best to fill the void of days going by with the help of dancing, a romanticized view of the world, and a new sincerity. What is it: a light-hearted comedy or a satire on everyday life?
A young guy Ilya becomes a hostage of a rotten office. Is it possible to keep the purity of the soul when everything is rotten?
This nonfiction film captures a few days in the lives of two strikingly different people who have only one thing in common: Belarus, their country of origin. Misha is the first one. He lives with his mother and stepfather in a village called Podorosk. Misha is a history teacher, regional historian, and the founder of a local history museum. He educates children and loves his homeland. The other one is Edik. A travesti performer, a journalist. The founder of the first LGBT community in Belarus. He was forced to leave the country and now lives in Kyiv. Edik entertains young people and holds no particular love for his motherland.