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There are 36 days left before Russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine. On another Baptism of Christ holiday an ice hole was made in a pond in a bedroom suburb of Kyiv. Church bells are heard on the shore, people are undressing, standing in line... In this short observational film, closeups of people of different ages, lines of naked bodies and short conversations tell us about the fragility of life, the contradictions of human faith and the joy of existence.

Alexei Kuzmenkov is an ordinary Belarusian game developer working on an armored vehicle strategy game, but his boss tells him that his scenarios lack authenticity. Kuzmenkov volunteers for exempted active duty and joins a tank unit, determined to create a great war game. At first, Kuzmenkov is treated like a torturer, but he strives with a clear goal in mind and eventually grows with his comrades through adversity. As Kuzmenkov adjusts to life in the army, he continues to work on his original goal of developing a game, but will he be able to make it as authentic as he hopes?

A group of archaeologists, led by future politician Zianon Pazniak, discover a mass grave in a forest near Minsk.

The main characters of the film—forester Michal, his wife Hanna, and his brother Antos—passionately dream of their own land and freedom. However, they currently lack the money to purchase a plot, and Michal is forced to move from place to place to feed his large family. Michal and his loved ones will have to overcome many hardships and adversities to get even a little closer to realizing their dream...

The film is dedicated to the Belarusian first printer and educator Francysk Skaryn. In a mysterious and magical atmosphere, whether it is a dream or a reality, Francysk Skaryn meets an inquisitive lion at night who can talk. Skaryn answers the intelligent animal's questions, and in this way tells about his life.

Godforsaken places where people live detached from society are still present in the world. But Belarus, a country integrated into civilisation processes, can hardly boast of their existence. The authors tell the stories of two families residing in Rasony district, in a forest close to the border with Russia. Having gone bush they do without electricity, communication and other habiliments of civilisation. Being eager to start a new life they came back to the native country from big cities – Moscow, Saint Petersburg... But their dreams and expectations confronted Belarus's reality...

Deeply religious Sima lives in the shadow of her parents' strict guidance but seems content with her choices. She turns down an unexpected offer to work as a model. On her nameday, Sima is overtaken by a vaguely familiar nightmare: she pulls her hand away from her mother's touch, as if from a flame, and when her father calls her "a pure angel of God," she storms away from the festive table. Rosary. Icon. Meat. A candle. Rosary. Hands. Not hers. Cross. Scream. Meat. Fire. But not here, just not here. This cannot be happening.

One of the five-part documentary series by Belarusian writer and director Viktor Dashuk, which recounts the horrors experienced by the Belarusian people during World War II, through firsthand accounts of survivors and newsreel footage.

Vasil Granouski is 58. He's living in a village, where he leads a local choir. It consists of only elderly performers. The harmonic Vasil plays is also old, and it lacks a couple of keys. His car, in which he drivers the singers around, is faulty and doesn't always start.

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.

Over 50 animators from 19 countries collaborated to support Belarusians in their peaceful protests for fair elections and freedom. The animators offered their interpretation of the recent events in Belarus, creating the animated chronicles of these dramatic events. The white-red-white flag is a historical symbol of Belarus and has become a symbol of peace, protest, and hope for the people of Belarus. The youngest animator who participated in the project is only 12 years old.

A group of students finds themselves in an academic environment, which hides a terrifiying danger. Should they stay? Where to expect a menace from? What would happen if they try to leave? Students are forced to find it all out by themselves, without getting any hints.

Belarus, Vileika district of Minsk region. Lonely elderly people are leaving for winter to the home of seasonal residence. Each of them carries their own experience and beliefs, but they will have to stay the winter together. The days pass in sicknesses, conversations, watching TV... In mid-winter, there appears a new resident of the house, and the life inside changes.

Yanka Kupala, Belarusian poet and writer, is one of the spiritual symbols of Belarus. He did everything to make Belarusians feel like a full-fledged people. This is a figure that cannot be reduced by anything from the height of modernity. But the weight of recognition, inclusion in the ranks of the classics leads to petrification of the face. The authors of the film remove this petrification - verses sound throughout the film. Patriotic songs that sing the praises of Belarus and our people, awaken them from historical apathy and eternal longing. Mystics who whisper about the revival of the past that sleeps in the mound. And intimate and lyrical, filled with intimate beauty, eternal sensuality and lust for life.

Young girl is looking for the rare red agate which she believes will cure her grandfather.

An old woman lives in a remote village in Belarus. As the end of her live approaches, she starts to read the worn-out notebooks of her daughter. Together we go on a journey to the unknown world of a person who is abandoned and forgotten by everybody.

A film about folk performers of Polesie and Mogilev region Stepan Dubeyko and Mikhas Basyakov.