Kalinovski Square
Kalinovski väljak / Плошча / Ploshcha, Estonia, 2007, 58 min, Beta SP, Digi Beta, Politics, Society
A docu-comedy about life in Belarus before and after the President elections where Lukashenko created his victory with almost 83% of the votes. With his astonishing material Belarus' most celebrated film director Khashchavatski speaks out about resistance and persecution, displaying an overwhelming will for freedom. This film is director's long-standing and personally dangerous conflict with president Lukashenko. Authorities have persecuted him already since his first film on the subject - An Ordinary President (1996). They still watch him. All production was done underground.
Director:
Yury Khashchavatski
Producer:
Marianna Kaat
Screenplay:
Yury Khashchavatski, Eugeny Budinas, Sergei Isakov
Editor:
Kaspar Kallas, Dmitri Pivarov
Languages:
Belorussian, Russian
Subtitles:
English
Baltic Film Production
P.O. Box 4752
Paldiski mnt. 183-38
13517 Tallinn, Estonia
Deckert Distribution GmbH
Marienplatz 1
D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
Input Lugano 2007
DOK.FEST München 2007
Akademie der Künste Berlin 2007
IDFA- Amsterdam 2007
Mezinárodní filmový festival dokumentárního filmu v Jihlavě 2007
Leipzig International Documentary and Animation Film Festival- Germany