PÖFF : BNFF

In Action: Belarusian Opposition

Festival
28th Black Nights Film Festival
Programme
Flowers are not silent. Resistance films of Belarus

Brave new world: dark dystopian satire, Belarusian style.

What will happen if the processes that are currently taking place in Belarus and with Belarusians do not stop and reach the point of absurdity?

A collection of Kafkaesque anecdotes about a society living under the slogans “War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength.”

The processes of social disunity, the habit of everyday fear in some, and the impunity of others.
The processes of internal migration and reinforcement of self-censorship, the reign of nonsense and meaninglessness.
The process of destruction and simultaneous revival of the Belarusian language and culture.
The processes of denigration of human dignity and creation of those guilty without the proof of their guilt.
Processes of inflating militaristic sentiments and hatred of foreigners and dissenters.
The process of Russia’s taking over Belarus and dragging it into a senseless war.

Screenings

9th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening130903 / Valgevene opositsioon aktsioonis
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration

Films

Unwanted Kinship

Local title
Soovimatu sugulus
Original title
Ungewollte Verwandtschaft
Director
Pavel Mozhar
Country
Germany
Year
2024
Festival
28th Black Nights Film Festival
Programme
Flowers are not silent. Resistance films of Belarus
Genre
drama
Subject
individual vs society, war

Invasion: the shocking truth about war crimes in Ukraine allows the author to reflect on the reasons for the cruelty of the society that defeated Nazism.

Using the streets of his Berlin neighbourhood as a backdrop, a filmmaker born in Belarus investigates the systematic nature of war crimes in Ukraine and explores his own responsibility for this war.

Director
Pavel Mozhar
Screenwriter
Pavel Mozhar, Kolja Volkmar
Cast
Iryna Poplavska, Oleksandr Kryvosheiev, André Mewis, Christiane Sill, Steffen Roll
Producer
Kolja Volkmar, Pavel Mozhar
Cinematographer
Jonas Roemmig
Runtime
Language
German, Russian, Ukrainian
Subtitles
English

Processes

Local title
Protsessid
Director
Andrei Kashperski
Country
Belarus, Poland
Year
2024
Festival
28th Black Nights Film Festival
Programme
Flowers are not silent. Resistance films of Belarus
Genre
drama, thriller
Subject
individual vs society, politics, satire

What will happen if the processes that are currently taking place in Belarus and with Belarusians do not stop and reach the point of absurdity?

A collection of Kafkaesque anecdotes about a society living under the slogans “War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength.”

The processes of social disunity, the habit of everyday fear in some, and the impunity of others.
The processes of internal migration and reinforcement of self-censorship, the reign of nonsense and meaninglessness.
The process of destruction and simultaneous revival of the Belarusian language and culture.
The processes of denigration of human dignity and creation of those guilty without the proof of their guilt.
Processes of inflating militaristic sentiments and hatred of foreigners and dissenters.
The process of Russia’s taking over Belarus and dragging it into a senseless war.

Director
Andrei Kashperski
Screenwriter
Andrei Kashperski, Mikhail Zui
Cast
Valentina Gartsueva, Andrei Novik, Igor Sigov, Sergey Tolstikov, Oleg Garbuz, Zoya Belachvistik, Sergei Chub, Yana Troyanova
Producer
Olena Domanska, Andrei Kashperski, Mikhail Zui, Egor Efimov
Cinematographer
Daniil Hayou
Runtime
Language
Belarusian
Subtitles
English
Trailer
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