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.
The film is shaped as a diary of the author's memories telling about the problematic relationship between father and daughter caused by the father's mental illness, and the troubles caused by this condition during the author's growth. The need of the author to free herself from the influence of the past and to break the shell of silence around this painful situation brings her back to Belarus, to shoot interviews with various family members and collect also their memories and points of view. In the end the author decides that it's time to leave this circle of painful opinions behind and strengthen her own good memories of her father building the chance to finally build a new relationship between an adult daughter and the father.
The Belarusian village Lubeiki is inhabited solely by women. They not only outlived their husbands, but their children as well. Nevertheless, they have immense vitality and will to live. In the words of one of the main characters, "life is short, but sweet." In the film, they sift through their memories and share with us their wisdom.
Maxim, yearning for the departing image of old Minsk, meets his friend Yanka, whom he had not seen for a year while he was studying in America ...
A father and son go fishing. Years go by — yet one thing remains constant. A symbolic drama about the inexorable passage of time.
Filming was carried out in the village of Dzerzhinsk (until 1939 - Radilovichi) in the Lelchitsky district of the Gomel region in 1992 using local legends and tales, conspiracies, songs and rituals of the autumn cycle, traditional crafts.
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.
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.
Wedding traditions of Polesie.
Traditional marriage matchmaking in Polesie.
Namskyi Velikden is the widespread Day of Dead in the Polesie. According to the old legends it is believed that souls of the dead ancestors come back to earth.
A snowstorm. An endless snowfield. Snow that never ends. A herd of white horses rushes past a chain of prisoners, dragging through the eternal night. As shadow intersects with light, so does death intersect with life. And this spontaneity is never-ending.
The political situation in Belarus forced Dima to flee the country. Fearing for loved ones, she constantly keeps in touch with those who had to stay there. Despite all efforts to arrange his life in Poland, he still has to fight the shadow of the past.
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.
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
One day, the artist Arthur makes up an adventure for himself - he goes to the village of Bocheikovo, to the former estate of Count Tykhonovetsky, in search of the count's archives. Arthur hopes to find blueprints and maps drawn up by Tihonovetsky on how to make his way into space, floating down the river. In the place of the former manor there is an abandoned house of culture and a monument to the muscular proletarian pointing to the sky. Arthur finds the oldest man in the village, capable of at least something to tell. From him, he learns a story about a treasure, which has long been shared.
