Flowers are not silent. Resistance films of Belarus cassette

Festival
27th Black Nights Film Festival
Programme
Flowers are not silent. Resistance films of Belarus

Screenings

Saal Kino Sõprus
Screening153102 / Lilled ei vaiki. Valgevene vastupanufilmide kassett
Q&A duration
Screening duration

Films

Estonian premiere

Lullaby

Local title
Hällilaul
Director
Ivan Gopienko
Country
Poland, Saudi Arabia
Year
2023
Festival
27th Black Nights Film Festival
Programme
Flowers are not silent. Resistance films of Belarus

A young man falls into a dark state of depression. Non-narrative art story that leads viewers into the beauty of dark moods. Poetry of the end of the world.

Director
Ivan Gopienko
Distributor
Northern Lights Film Festival
Runtime
Language
no dialogue
Subtitles
English

Estonian premiere

Live

Local title
Otseülekanne
Director
Mara Tamkovich
Country
Poland
Year
2022
Festival
27th Black Nights Film Festival
Programme
Flowers are not silent. Resistance films of Belarus
Subject
society, politics, human rights

Peaceful protests in Minsk are pacified by the police after a Belarusian oppositionist is beaten to death. The journalists of independent Belarusian television are the only ones to broadcast the course of events from the windows of one of the nearby blocks. When they are tracked by a police drone, they have little time to decide – continue the broadcast or take cover? A film inspired by real events.

Director
Mara Tamkovich
Distributor
Northern Lights Film Festival
Runtime
Language
Belarusian, Russian
Subtitles
English

Estonian premiere

Everything is Fine. I´m Sleeping

Local title
Kõik on hästi. Ma magan
Director
anonymus
Country
USA
Year
2023
Festival
27th Black Nights Film Festival
Programme
Flowers are not silent. Resistance films of Belarus
Subject
society, politics, human rights

After the protests in 2020, the Belarusian militia received hundreds of phone calls from “caring” citizens. They complained about passers-by, colleagues, friends and even relatives – all who disagreed with the country’s policies and took to the streets or expressed their opinions in other ways. What motivated people to make such calls? Who are they and how are they doing now?

A witty journalistic experiment.

Director
anonymus
Distributor
Northern Lights Film Festival
Runtime
Language
Russian
Subtitles
English

Estonian premiere

Fostering

Local title
Ümberkasvatamine
Director
Andrey Kashpersky
Country
Poland
Year
2022
Festival
27th Black Nights Film Festival
Programme
Flowers are not silent. Resistance films of Belarus
Subject
society, absurd

A riot policeman detains several people during an anti-war protest and takes them to prison where he's informed that there is no more room in the cells. He is ordered to take the prisoners home for the 15 days of incarceration.

Director
Andrey Kashpersky
Distributor
Belsat TV
Runtime
Language
Russian
Subtitles
English