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As Max's family celebrates his sixth birthday and an uninvited guest shows up that everyone tries to send away. The mystery man brings Max a cactus for a present and what unfolds ends up a painful memory for the rest of his life.
The film, based on newsreels and documentaries created at the National Film Studio "Belarusfilm" in different years, tells the story of the burned Belarusian villages during the Great Patriotic War, and provides an opportunity to rethink at the present stage the policy of genocide that was carried out by the Nazi invaders in Belarus.
The dreams of the protagonist, inspired by the tragic reality of the Russian revolutions.
An experimental look out of the mirror shows a man’s evening routine, until he looks out of the window and experiences a shock.
In our postmodern era, we think more in impressions. At the same time, we rely on images and symbols created by mythology and sung in works of art. Let's talk about this, going to the northern cloister of Orthodoxy, the Solovetsky Monastery.
The documentary explores the lives of miners at the Soligorsk potash plant in Belarus, celebrating them as brave, skilled technicians whose underground labor fuels national prosperity.
About the young poet Adas Dole, who lived in the early 70s in a provincial town in Belarus. The suicide of his mother makes him an orphan with a living father who does not take part in the upbringing of his son. Having entered into an independent life, Adas increasingly returns to the question: "Why did his mother die?"
Devastated by the breakup with her lover, Anna, despaired, burns the model of the house designed for the two of them, shelters a blind, tortured cat, and tries to numb the pain of loss with a drug trip.
A reenactment of bullying scenes in Belarusian army.
"Tsentralny" is a documentary about the simplest and most legendary place in Minsk. The film, which was made during and after the work on the performance of the same name by the theater laboratory Fortinbras at the Belarus Free Theater (directed by Vladimir Scherban). Tsentralny is a store. Tsentralny is a bad joke. Tsentralny - is cheap beer and Belarus balm and Sprite, if you're a student, punk or rock musician in the 90s. Tsentralny is cheap vodka if you're a philharmonic director or an Afghan war veteran. Central is Ts., Tsekh, Tsentralka. Tsentralny is a documentary about life parallel to the main avenue.
ACA 159: Karginov vs. Silva was a mixed martial arts event that took place on Saturday, April 8, 2023 the Falcon Club Arena in Minsk, Belarus.
A film about two times refugees and their ability to maintain creativity in a time of political terror, repressed culture and fatal bombings. The experience of Belarusian creators who went through two catastrophic transformations in a short period of time. Their lives have been destroyed twice in two years, but they have the strength and energy to carry on. Create and inspire others. They establish Belarus outside the geographical borders of Belarus.
Can one triumph over death when it always comes unexpectedly? It is too early to die no matter how old you are, isn't it? Autumn. An old village in a Belarusian remote place. An elderly man is starting to objectify his fight... The director shows a portrait of the man through revealing his spirit, character, willpower in a single act while leaving the details of his life history off-screen as unnecessary. The action on the screen will provoke the viewer to put themselves in the main character’s shoes inviting them possibly to feel and/or possibly to realise their own lifetime limitation.
What would happen if you quickly flipped through 156 photos of dead pigeons?
My mother turned 55 years old. The dreams of her youth never came true, three children separated, her husband turned out to be a stranger... It is necessary to find a reason to live on - and she decides to engage in network marketing, to improve the health of the population of a small provincial town in Belarus.
Wadzim and Staś own a agritourism destination. They believe that the 2020 season will be successful because a very rare astronomical phenomenon, the so-called Planet Parade that occurs every 100 years. However, the unexpected events that began after the Presidential elections do not go according to plan.
Yuliya's last 7 days of 2020 were filled with echoes of the past, fears and hopes for the future, an impossible weight and time that never waits, isolation and revelations, and light that you can always find in the heart of the darkness.
Two single boys - an intellectual from a middle-income family and a courtyard kid dreaming of his own smartphone - unexpectedly become friends when the first enlists the support of the second to return the violin from the hooligans who took it away. In this story of growing up, there was a place for class conflict, and action with chases and fights, and reflections on the importance of being human, supported by the impressive performance of young actors.
This Belorusian animated documentary is narrated by the People’s Artist of Russia Aristarkh Livanov. It is an actual story of the 26 prisoners of the Minsk ghetto who have voluntarily confined themselves in the basement, short on food and water — and waited for the Red Army to arrive. They have spent the terrible 263 days and nights there. The youngest son of the stove maker Pinchus Dobin, who built that heaven-sent and hell-bent basement, is still alive.
Structured as a series of vignettes drawn in stark black and white, and to a soundtrack of mournful jazz, the film is a set of confessions anchored in fear, confusion, numbness, and anxiety.
"Magutny Bozha" became one of the symbols of peaceful protesting for fair elections and human rights in Belarus since governmental brutality started escalating on 9th August 2020.
Belarusians did not even discuss under which flag to unite. Memory and respect for the white-red-white banner has always lived in their hearts, and now, through pain and suffering, it has awakened and inspired the nation to move forward.
The action explores the surrealistic absurdist ritual called “Elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus”. This procedure, in my understanding, is a ceremony of an eccentric farce, with the intersection of modern form of religious worship and hierarchical animal behavior of primates.
Belarusian poet Yanka Kupala wrote his verse "And, say, who goes there?" more than 100 years ago. And now, when the call for change is heard, only the bravest dare to come out of the forest and at least look: "Who goes there?"
Short film
After Mike’s so-called friends decline his invitations to discuss movies, he enters the exciting new world of webcam movie buddies.
Dmitry has been a frequent guest of slot machine halls аor several years now . He is convinced that fortune rules life. Having lost a lot of money, he continues to count on a big win. With this he justifies his game and with this he consoles his wife Ksyusha. And then one day he really gets lucky: he wins a luxurious Mercedes. Or does he?
The filmmakers get confronted by strangers asking help with their political statement.
A short film by Gosha Berlinsky.
The sound of radio broadcasts makes a man go crazy in a night city.
A blind man fall in love with a wrong woman.
In Belarus, a group of enthusiasts made the film "Abel" as a kind of message of peace. Starting from the first recorded murder of one person by another (the Cain and Abel brothers), the author of the film tried to create a situation in which the next organized war appears in all its futility and anti-humanity. The main points are not military scenes, but rather the relatively innocuous thoughts of the main character: El Pablo against his will was sent to war, with people to whom he does not feel hatred. The film "Abel" stands out primarily for its alternative approach to short films, while preserving at the same time many of the principles of the art genre.
The story of a guy named Yura from the Minsk suburbs, who loves sucking locally-flavored soapy beer, staggers in search of work and tearfully sings while playing his guitar: "Chemistry, chemistry, you little wait for me and remember me." Having accidentally appeared on an opposition rally dispersed by police, Yura meets an activist of the "Beaver Youth" movement, which exists due to Western grants, and steals a cell phone from their office. And it falls into history, and more precisely, into the field of state interests of the Belarusian state. First, an American spy, and then A.G. Lukashenko himself, begin calling Yura. As a result, “Beaver” nominates a homeless president who has become the next owner of the ill-fated mobile phone, and Yura returns to his “little one,” drinking unbearable domestic beer and watching stupid TV shows.
Teens Olga and Sergey fall in love among the ruins of a provincial industrial town. With their hope of breaking out of the cycle of urban depression and violence, it's too bad their fall break in high school in ending soon...
This is a strange little place, where in winter, among the snowdrifts and frozen ice waterfalls, it is very warm. Men and women half-dressed, heated. Their movements at the machines are perfect - fast, rhythmic, precise, like a dance. The relentless rumble of cars is like music. Such an impeccable harmony between people and mechanisms that they seem to be something single, whole, a continuation of each other. Only for moments does a debugged endless action interrupt: someone thinks, or wipes sweat from his forehead, or sits down to breathe. People at this factory in the village of Smilovichi near Minsk make felt boots, which are then sold around the world.
A young girl finds an outlet for her violent childhood, taking her on an unimaginable journey fighting for a world championship.
An unbiased observation of the celebration of Independence Day of Belarus in Minsk on 3rd of July 2018.
This project has been developed for 10 years and consists of several visual sketches on different topics. The main thing here is to observe life in all its manifestations
Young Sergey is an openly gay activist in Belarus and has endured violence from police and skinheads. When his boyfriend is shot on the border he begins his fight for gay equality. Preparing for a defiant stand on the streets of the nation's capital Minsk, Sergey and a few brave activists brace to show their PRIDE against the last dictatorship in Europe.
The story is based on three stories from the Orthodox spiritual heritage. The first story, "Unusual Obedience," was inspired by a parable from the ancient Paterik: do not be proud of praise and do not grumble when scolded. The second story - "Mute Prayer" - told by St. Basil of Kinesham shows that even when standing in the temple, we often think about worldly matters, but at the same time we want to be heard. The third novella is the story of Fr. Pavel Gruzdev about "How Christ went to visit" but, clothed in earthly things, was once again rejected.
Sequel of the movie "Parables", released in 2010. And again three stories, three reasons to watch old acquaintances with a kind smile and to think about what they are right and what they are wrong. People are often sensitive to criticism. Strange as it may seem, so is the man of faith. Even when he is wrong, he zealously defends his position. The movie "Proverbs" helps us to look at ourselves from the outside and touch the holy wisdom of the saints.
Taras, a village projectionist who is an avid admirer of Federico Fellini's work, promotes the work of the great Italian among his fellow villagers. But his viewers, preoccupied with their life problems, ignore both the films of the director and the mechanic himself. Meanwhile, in Rome, Fellini is admitted to the hospital...
An animation about how Man breaks his chain in the quest for the Spark.
A father and son go fishing. Years go by — yet one thing remains constant. A symbolic drama about the inexorable passage of time.
My sister Angelina is sitting on the swing and thinking: ‘What is the purpose of my life?’ She has already encountered unrequited love, the death of a guinea pig and a friendly betrayal. Angelina considered herself cute two years ago, but now she is not confident in her appearance. Her hair is greasy, her breasts are not growing, her teeth are crooked. Everything is as it should be for a girl in her early teens. But my sister does not despair and does not want to change for someone.
It is the moving story of a refugee forced to leave his home in search of safety, healing, and a new sense of belonging.
The lawlessness of the police reaches a new level and now the prisoners are forced to endure torture, but one day everything gets out of control. A death row inmate breaks free, after which the captain and his assistant are sent in search of him, but everything gets out of hand and they let Fronzdi and his accomplice through.
Two detectives investigate the attempted murder of a young girl. However, the circumstances surrounding this event are increasingly confusing them.
Based on the Belarus tale "Ад крадзенага — не пасыцееш". The villager had two sons. Time has come and father brought them to get a job. Then one of the sons said that he don't want to work and will be stealing the oxen instead.
Film closely depicts christmas caroling from Polesie.
Little boy Janka became seriously ill and huddled deep within his bed. He would like to see the Sun, but autumn has chased away the good weather, cold rainy day was outside behind the window. Janka's sister, Alenka, is going to help little brother and goes to look for the Sun.
Breaking taboos: Belarusian contemporary artist Aliaksei Kuzmich gives us the keys to understanding his art of action.
Residents of the village in Gomel oblast' tell legends about forest spirits and features of communicating with them. Old customs and superstitions have survived to our days.
Where is this train going? Passengers are lulled to sleep by the rhythmic clatter of the wheels, familiar poetic lines about the native land, and folk songs. Is it possible to change the direction, to hop on another train, to rewind the tape? Quavering reflections dance in a strange roundelay: the grain, a girl, a stork, a bone, the truth, and the resentment... Welcome to the Gray Edge.