Marianna Kaat

Activist Jeremy Kewuan faces the invisible power of ideology and faith as he combats traditions of present-day slavery on a remote Indonesian island.

A sensitive and intimate portrait of Ivanna, a nomadic reindeer herder in the Russian Arctic and mother of five small kids. Ivanna is forced to leave the traditional way of life and emigrate to the city, following her own dreams, due to the quickly deteriorating conditions of life in the tundra. We follow her life for several years.

Vitaly Mansky’s intimate and insightful new documentary finds him crisscrossing Ukraine in the wake of the Maidan uprising, which has left his relatives scattered on both sides of a highly charged and dizzyingly complex political situation.

The eastern Ukrainian town of Snizhne, which prospered during the Soviet era when miners there were spoiled with all kinds of privileges, now lives in poverty.

Three months before elections the president of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenka claimed: "You have no other choice, you will vote for me!" We were trying to figure out how did it happen that 83% of the population voted for Lukashenka? The film tracks the opposition struggle during few post-election days. The movie shows the falsehood of the official propaganda and the ambiguous, sometimes polar, attitude of simple people. Assembling together all the debris of the opinions, comparing different historical events, jeering at dictator's arrogance and manners, admiring courage and dedication of the young generation, the feature approaches the understanding of what is really going on in the middle of Europe. And one more thing -the director's sarcastic comment throughout the film does not make you bored!

Yekaterinburg, Russia, is a microcosm of absurdity: debutante balls and Tsar Nicholas tributes cling to an imperial past, while a handful of dissidents try to revive communist and constitutional myths. Shot over four years, careful cameras reveal Putin’s “modern” Russia.

Matz Topkin, the young and lively star of Estonian paraswimming, is remarkable both in terms of his speed and personality. Matz is a role model for young swimmers, but he has something to teach for everyone.

This is the story of 15-year-old Alex Pryer, an English child prodigy who entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory at the age of 13. Alexei Prior was already called "Little Pavarotti" at the age of 10, when he performed in front of the musical elite on the stage of "CarnegieHall" and "LondonArena". The father is an Englishman, he supports all the boy's undertakings, the Russian mother takes over the organization of concerts and accompanies her son everywhere. With all their might, parents try to help their child climb to the very top of the musical Olympus. Alex perceives his successes with childish ease and spontaneity.

The film is based on several parallel personal stories of Russian families. During almost four years, the filmmakers observed Ksenija and Emilia who went to an Estonian kindergarten at the age of 5; 7th-grade pupil Mark who preferred Estonian school; and high-school student Vitali who went to study to St. Petersburg from Estonia. The film attempts to understand the problems that the children and their parents whose native language is Russian are dealing with - fears and hesitations, hopes and frustation, successes and failures, integration and isolation, language and identity

The film explores a unique group of people, ballet lovers, whose lives have been captured over the years by the magic of the renowned Mariinsky (Kirov) Opera and Ballet Theatre of St. Petersburg.What has once - privileged Russian art lost and what has it gained? Who is ready to carry on the century-long traditions of ballet? Does this great ballet company have any chance to survive at all?Perhaps our characters are the last witnesses and custodians of the triumphs of the glorious past?