Kupala 2020
A story about the dramatic fate of the national poet of Belarus Yanka Kupala. The movie reveals the main milestones of the poet’s life and career, coinciding with the most tragic events of the 20th century.
A story about the dramatic fate of the national poet of Belarus Yanka Kupala. The movie reveals the main milestones of the poet’s life and career, coinciding with the most tragic events of the 20th century.
A young Belarussian man joins Soviet partisans in order to fight Polish occupational forces in Belarus.
The film focuses on the relationship between Casimir and the monk Justin. If the former is looking for answers to the questions of existence, the latter is sure that he has already comprehended all the mysteries. Ambitious and domineering, Justin believes that people should be kept in constant fear. Kazimir, on the other hand, strives for freedom of the spirit and comes to the conclusion that people pray to the wrong God and are therefore unhappy. These antipodes value each other in their own way. Justin, sending Casimir to the stake, loses the only person close to him. In his last moments, Kazimir does not hate Justin.
The story of a young Oksana who became addicted to drugs, the story of her sister Pavla and neighbor Vasily - children who love Oksana and are ready to sacrifice everything to save her. The only thing they are able to counteract evil is their kindness and compassion, their masculinity and their desire to help a girl in trouble...
Based on the novel of the same name by Nikolai Cherginets. The film begins in the spring of 1941 and ends with the first months after the liberation of Belarus. In the center of the plot of the film – the story of three brothers Kuprevich. Police Lieutenant Alexei Kuprevich receives an appointment as an operative in one of the districts of Western Belarus. His task – to neutralize the rampant gang there "forest brothers". War begins. Alex and his brother, senior police Lieutenant Peter Kuprevich receive the first combat mission: to destroy the landed settlements under the German assault...
The film tells the story of a small family, consisting of a grandfather retired from the army, and his stripper grandson. It is not just a story of a relationship, but rather a reflection of entire Belarus and the post-Soviet, pro-Russian world. Moreover, it's a universally-recognized reflection of a generation gap.
Documentary portrait of a rural Belarusian doctor.
It’s 2020 and Minsk, the capital city of Belarus, is overflowing with anti-government protests. A dreamy figure – Mara – takes us on a journey alongside the protesting crowds. Mara’s symbolic presence is a stark contrast to the harsh reality of the street. There is a determination to Mara, but also a fragility – as if her persona reflects the collective mental state of the protesters witnessing their dream for freedom turn into a nightmare.
Based on the works of Ivan Shamyakin. The heroes of the film are representatives of the creative intelligentsia. Yesterday, their works were considered a national treasure, but now they are no longer needed. The famous writer Ivan Andreevich is forced to earn a living by selling his own books with autographs. More fortunate was his friend, the famous artist Mikhail Antonovich. All his paintings were bought by a western collector. But the banquet arranged by the artist on this occasion turned out to be completely depressing...
Except for one family with a small child, only old people live in this half-empty village. A mobile shop comes there once a week, only immobility of time is left, covering however correlation of complex inner and outer actions.
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.
Kostya, a once hopeful producer, is now out of business: his creative idea, which promised him fame and fortune, has failed miserably. And now he has no other choice but to move with his family to Vileysky district of Belarus. Here is his family nest - inherited old manor with a stunning park. Maybe all is not lost yet? A resourceful entrepreneur decides to take a rather risky step - to turn the estate into... an amusement town called "Kinder-Ville" - a kind of Belarusian Disneyland! Everyone likes the idea, except for the oldest inhabitant of the house - the evil spirit of the wizard, who was buried in the basement for cruelty in ancient times. No self-respecting ghost would tolerate crowds of clamoring kids in the neighborhood! So, at any cost it is necessary to expel the noisy family...
The action takes place during the Great Patriotic War in Belarus. The village in which the boy Kastus lived was located in the partisan zone. He soon made friends with the partisans, who became close people to him. The loss of his older friends was unexpected and difficult for Kastus...
Young girl is looking for the rare red agate which she believes will cure her grandfather.
A bitter twist of fate: during the drawing of demarcation lines between the Soviet Republics in 1939 nobody dared remove Stalin’s pipe from the map, consequently the borders were drawn around it. It was thus that the Belarusian village of Narvilishky ended up being allocated to Lithuania. At the time nobody foresaw the implications of this decision.
This lively piece uses the traditional Belarusian vycinanka (papercut) style to illustrate eight well-known proverbs through humorous visual vignettes. To complement the folklore-based storytelling, it features music by ethno‑trio Troitsa.
Fedya Yatsevich is going to a holiday home, his wife Lara - on a business trip to Zaraysk, for the whole summer. Their large apartment remains empty. At the same time, a friend of Larisa, Alesia, whom Lara persuadedto live in their apartment, was sent to the city from Zaraysk to the amateur olympiad. Fedya meets an old friend Ryhor Shemet and also allows him to live in his room, not knowing that Lara did the same with her friend. Living under the same roof, Alesya and Rygor begin to feel sympathy for each other...
Eight funny, fascinating stories in which the most popular hero of folk legends and legends, Nesterka, and his inseparable friends, the dog and the cat, find a way out of any situation. They turn ordinary clay pots into musical instruments, defeat the bloodthirsty Dragon who kidnapped Nesterka's bride, and find a solution to the Licho, who settled in their house...
Documentary short by Volha Dashuk.
A group of Belarusian anti-Soviet insurgents from the failed Slutsk Defence Action wanders through forests, fleeing the from the surrounding Bolshevik army. To escape captivity or death in battle with a subsequent identification of their bodies and retaliation against their families, the insurgents decide to commit group suicide in a place hidden from the Bolsheviks.
The characters of the series are ordinary - in the broadest sense of the word - people... just like any of us. They face the same problems as we do, live in the same country with us and have rights common to all Russian citizens... The place of action is the court.
The story of the irreconcilable confrontation between two professional snipers, senior lieutenant of the special department Egorov and Lieutenant Lother Von Dibitz, which began in 1943 in the siege of Stalingrad and continued in 1944 in the forests of Belarus.
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There is a certain brigade calling itself the "Dark Horse", which specializes in eliminating people it dislikes, and in various ways. And everyone - from Interpol to the relatives of the victims - is looking for criminals, but they cannot find them...
In the 1920s, the Soviets arrived in the remote areas of the Polesie Marshes. However, the wealthy landowners of the village of Kureny had no intention of giving their land to the communists. The kulaks intimidated the people. But the peasants themselves took the first step: the entire village set out to build a causeway across the marsh to a new life.
«Жди меня» — телепрограмма, ток-шоу и в то же время национальная служба поиска людей. Ведущие — Игорь Кваша, Михаил Ефремов, Мария Шукшина. В разное время, заменяя постоянных ведущих, вели Александр Домогаров, Чулпан Хаматова, Сергей Никоненко.