Lucky People

Lucky People 2014

1

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...

2014

I Was Called to the Ball

I Was Called to the Ball 2005

1

n 2003, Studio Tatyana was shut down by the Lukashenka administration, but the filmmakers' work continued: this is the studio's final manifesto, completed after the closure using the archival material that managed to escape confiscation. Investigative and unsettling, the film documents the rise of the dictator and the political repression – including political assassinations – from the perspective of Russian and Belarusian politicians and citizens attempting to resist.

2005

Master of Liberal Arts. Francisk Skaryna

Master of Liberal Arts. Francisk Skaryna 2018

7.00

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.

2018

Papercutting

Papercutting 2010

6.00

A musical film in the style of Belarusian vycinanka based on the song of the folk band Troitsa. The old man and woman have become quite old and would like to marry their son before they die. So they send him to find a bride.

2010

Long Live Belarus

Long Live Belarus 2021

9.00

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.

2021

The Bison Trap: Jogaila

The Bison Trap: Jogaila 1994

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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.

1994

The Kid's Case

The Kid's Case 2001

6.00

The story of a guy named Yura from the Minsk suburbs, who loves sucking locally-flavored soapy beer, staggers in search of work and tearfully sings while playing his guitar: "Chemistry, chemistry, you little wait for me and remember me." Having accidentally appeared on an opposition rally dispersed by police, Yura meets an activist of the "Beaver Youth" movement, which exists due to Western grants, and steals a cell phone from their office. And it falls into history, and more precisely, into the field of state interests of the Belarusian state. First, an American spy, and then A.G. Lukashenko himself, begin calling Yura. As a result, “Beaver” nominates a homeless president who has become the next owner of the ill-fated mobile phone, and Yura returns to his “little one,” drinking unbearable domestic beer and watching stupid TV shows.

2001

We Are Living on the Edge

We Are Living on the Edge 2002

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“We are living on the edge”, says a simple peasant woman from Dubna, a village in Hrodna region. These words sound symbolic: the village is situated on the steep bank of the Neman, and the river keeps undermining the houses and the plots making the villagers seek for new lands.

2002

Funeral rite

Funeral rite 1997

1

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.

1997

All Activities According to the Plan

All Activities According to the Plan 2019

6.50

The young man Denis Dashkevich is the director of the rural House of Culture in the agricultural town of Pobolovo, Rogachev district. In an attempt to find new aspects of the work of the cultural center in the village, he plans to create a computer class for elderly people. But in reality, this idea faces many difficulties due to the psychology of the villagers and age.

2019

The Land of Mournful Songs

The Land of Mournful Songs 1998

1

Slowed down, blown up and newly scored 1930's footage depicting daily life and religious rituals of villagers from Bryansk Polesia on the border between modern Russia and Belarus.

1998

Holy Water

Holy Water 2023

6.00

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.

2023

1 blin

1 blin 2019

1

Radiation came and changed a lot. The last villagers live as in another reality, but it doesn’t seem to be as gloomy as it might appear.

2019

Granny, Vanya and the Goat

Granny, Vanya and the Goat 2015

1

Set in a small, typical Belarusian village – granny Sima’s only concern is for the future of her alcoholic son, Vanya. Accompanied by her best friend, a white goat called Manya, she starts a war with her neighbor, Glasha, who happens to be the village Vodka maker…

2015

Wooden People

Wooden People 2012

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The woodcarver Mikalai Vasilevich Tarasiuk, a folk craftsman of Belarus, lived in Pruzhanshchyna. Near his house is a unique museum "Memories of the Fatherland", which has no analogues in the country. The self-taught master carves figurines from wood, decorates them with vines and straw, and arranges them into scenes from peasant life and everyday life. Specialists call this kind of activity instinctive art. That is, his creativity was formed naturally and such is free from the sphere of any professional influence. Through the personality of the hero and his wooden people, the film provides an opportunity to join the ancient way of life of Belarusians, which is gradually disappearing.

2012

Crossroads

Crossroads 2014

1

Valery Liashkevich is a homeless artist who lives at a railway station and for over twenty years has painted pictures in the streets of the town of Gomel in Belarus. For the natives he is no more than a local attraction. For art critics he is a phenomenon worth close attention.

2014

A Boy I Never Knew

A Boy I Never Knew 2021

1

Structured as a series of vignettes drawn in stark black and white, and to a soundtrack of mournful jazz, the film is a set of confessions anchored in fear, confusion, numbness, and anxiety.

2021