Video Complex “Video Centre”, the lower level
(Nezavisimosti Square)
Belarusian Panorama
Belarusian documentaries, 2011
Cartoon Paradise, 15 min
Director & scriptwriter Galina Adamovich
Letapis Studio at the Belarusfilm National Film Studio
The film is about art and fate of a little-known artist Alena Kish.
The Old Pictures, 28 min
Director & scriptwriter Sergei Ageenko
Belarusian Video-Centre
Old photos reflect not only individuals, but also the time that has gone...
The Wooden People, 26 min
Director & scriptwriter Viktоr Asliuk
Letapis Studio at the Belarusfilm National Film Studio
A self-taught master Mikalai Tarasiuk cuts out wooden figurines,
decorates them with vines, straw and links to stories of peasant life and customs.
Belarusian debut directors
The Monuments, the series, 26 min.
Production Letapis Studio at the Belarusfilm National Film Studio
The Orthodox Church, director and scriptwriter Vladimir Milosh,
director of photography Ivan Goncharuk
The Catholic Church, director and scriptwriter Ksenia Maryankova,
director of photography Sergey Mileshkin
The Mosque, director and scriptwriter Maria Zhukova, director of
photography Stanislav Smirnov
The Synagogue, director and scriptwriter Igor Chischenia,
director of photography Alexander Poteev.
Guide to the Poles
Series of documentary films produced by Adam Mickiewicz Institute
made in accordance to the International cultural program of the Polish
presidency in the EU in 2011
Toys, 2011, 52 min
Director & scriptwriter Andrzej Wolski
When little Poles were left without toys, they invented their own ones...
Political Dress, 2011, 61 min.
Director Judyta Fibiger, scriptwriters Judyta Fibiger, Ewa Olbrychska
When the Poles were not allowed to follow fashion, they did their
best not to look gray and the same.
Art of Freedom, 2011, 52 min.
Directors & scriptwriters Marek Kłosowicz & Wojciech Słota
When the Poles were not allowed to have passports and travel abroad,
a group of enthusiasts began to conquer the highest peaks in the Himalayas.
The World from Dawn till Dusk
An international educational project by young documentary filmmakers
Screening of films by project curators
„The World from Dawn till Dusk” is an international educational project within
which a group of famous Polish documentary filmmakers run workshops for film
school students from the following five cities: Minsk, Kiev, Moscow, Beijing
and Tokyo. An hour long documentaries, being the portraits of those cities,
were made within the framework of the workshops.
Anything Can Happen, Poland, 1995, 39 min.
Director & scriptwriter Marcel Łoziński
Production Kalejdoskop
The protagonist is a six-year boy who gets to know the world while walking
in the park and talking to the elderly people.
The Sisters, Poland, 1999, 12 min
Director, scriptwriter, director of photography Paweł Łoziński
A few minutes from the lives of two elderly ladies.
Kici, Kici, Poland, 2008, 28 min.
Director & scriptwriter Paweł Łoziński
Production Pawel Lozinski produkcja Filmow
The film is about strange people, but they are kindhearted and good.
Russian Documentaries
The Game, 2010, 26 min.
Director & Scriptwriter Vladimir Golovnev
Production Ural Cinema Studio
A look at the behavior of sports fans.
Uncle Tolya's Cabin, 2011, 26 min.
Director Svetlana Nasenkova, scriptwriters Anna Ganshina, Svetlana Nasenkova
St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio
The film is about uncle Tolya from the Russian province,
who writes letters about his daily life to the presidents of
Russia and America, and gets answers.
Time Capsule, 2010, 30 min.
Director & scriptwriter Anna Dranitsyna
St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio
A philosophical film about time and attempts to conserve time and
to convey at least a fleeting of how we lived to the next generations.
A Long Way Home, 26 min
Director Aleksander Kiselyov, scriptwriter Anastasia Matveeva
St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio
A migrant worker takes a difficult long way to his home, to the house dreamed about.
Young European Cinema
My Dad Is a Communist, Russia, 2010, 58 min.
Directors Olga Yakovleva, Grigory Grishin, scriptwriter Grigory Grishin
August 26 Studio
Victor Ushkin is an old-school communist, and his son Alexander is
a breaker and a fitness instructor. The father and the son are so
different but still very much the same.
Theatre Svoboda, Czech Republic, 2011, 58 min.
Director Jakub Hejna, scriptwriters Jakub Hejna, Barbora Příhodová
Endorfilm s.r.o., Czech Television, Jakub Hejna – Young Film
The story of the great Czech stage designer Josef Svoboda told by his grandson.
Dragon Forum and LISTAPAD IFF present
The Best Polish Documentaries
I Love Poland, 2007, 51 min.
Directors & scriptwriters Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz, Joanna Sławińska
Studio Largo TVN
A story about All-Polish Youth organization, which promotes radical patriotism.
Warsaw Available, 2009, 52 min
Directors & scriptwriters Karolina Belawska, Julia Ruszkiewicz
Eureka Media, Telewizja Polska
The three girls decided to move to Warsaw and to change their destiny.
Beats of Freedom, 2010, 52 min
Directors & scriptwriters Leszek Gnoiński & Wojciech Słota
Production Adam Mickiewicz Institute
History of Polish rock music of the 80s as seen by its idols.
Siberian Lessons, 1998, 58 min
Director, scriptwriter, director of photography Wojciech Staroń
Kronika, Telewizja Polska
Story of a young teacher who goes to Siberia to teach native
language to descendants of the Polish exiles.
Mobile Cinema of Dreams, Germany-Poland, 1998, 59 min
Director & scriptwriter Andrzej Fidyk
Besta Film, E-Motion Picture
Mr. Battu from Kolkata is the owner of two thousand theaters on wheels,
he shows samples of national cinema to the residents.
Kruzenshtern, 2009, 52 min.
Director & scriptwriter Maciej Cuske
Arkana Studio, Arte, G.E.I.E., Telewizja Polska, JLE
Sailboat Krusenstern is Russia’s pride. Future sailors pass their
test on it. It is a two-month voyage under the guidance of an experienced crew.
Kristian Matysek Master Class
Film Screening
With Beak and Claw. The Only True Life of Birds, 2001, 52 min.
Director, scriptwriter, director of photography Kristian Matysek
Moby Dick Tv, Telewizja Polska
A unique chronicle about the life of birds in North-Eastern Poland.
The Last Temptation of Gavrilo, 2000, 56 min.
Director & scriptwriter Jerzy Śladkowski
Telewizja Polska, Arte
After eight years in criminal world, Gavrilo changed his life
around and became a monk. But at thas moment he met the woman of his dreams.
Jerzy Śladkowski Master Class
Film Screening
Vodka Factory, 2010, 57 min.
Director Jerzy Śladkowski
Hysteria Film Ab
Filmed in Russia at the factory where vodka is produced.
Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Minsk
(16 b Rakovskaya str.)
Russian Documentaries
Nikolai Turoverov. Pages of Life, 2010, 35 min.
Director & Scriptwriter Oleg Fil
«Stavropol - city of the Holy Cross” Cossack Culture Center
The film is dedicated to the life and works of the XX century Cossack
poet Nikolai Turoverov.
The Heroes of Our Time, 56 min
Film author Elizaveta Trusevich
StoLet Film Company
A film about Russians named after heroes of the brightest literary works.
Violets Grow in the Caucasus, 2010, 25 min.
Director Aleksander Avilov, scriptwriter Aleksander Buryachko
St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio
The film is about life in a small Russian village, about preserving
traditions and eternal values.
Museum of the Great Patriotic War History
(25a Nezavisimosti Ave)
“Our Victory” Program
The Children of War, Uzbekistan, 2010, 35 min.
Director Dzhasur Iskhakov, scriptwriter Mastura Iskhakova
RDK-film, PR-Media Tashkent Studio, Public Fund “Alley of Memory”
Memories of children, the witnesses of a terrible war.
I Was just a Child, Serbia, 2010, 24 min.
Director & scriptwriter Branko Lazic
Radio television Republic of Srpska
A story of a man who rescued 30 children from a concentration camp.
Boba. The Minesweeper of Bolshoi Drama, the USA, 2011, 50 min.
Director & scriptwriter Edvard Staroselsky
Kinograph Рictures
A story of a amazing fate of a talented actor and a bright man who
used to defend his homeland during the war and defend his principles in peaceful time.
“Defending Homeland” Program
Polundra. 305 years of Marine Corps, Russia, 40 min.
Director Vladimir Kononenko
Scriptwriters Vladimir Zabarovsky, Vladimir Kononenko, Lidia Andreeva
Okean Film Studio, Sobor-Film Company
The film is dedicated to the marines who gave their lives for their country.
Georgy, Russia, 2011, 70 min.
Directors Valery Timoschenko, Natalya Shuvalova, scriptwriters
Valery Timoschenko, Viktor Soltykov
Krasnodar Film Studio
A film is about the heroism of Russian soldiers, the fate of
Georgy Savenkov, a veteran of World War II, a courageous man and a true patriot.
The House of Charity (11 Skaryna str.)
Meeting with the director Valentina Gurkalenko, screening of the film-dilogy
Spas-Kamen and The Island of Hope.
Cinema Museum
(4 Sverdlova str.)
15.00 - 19.00 Conference of Polish and Belarusian documentary filmmakers
19.00 Screening: On Demand by Marcel Łoziński
Poste Restante, Poland, 2008, 14 min.
Director & scriptwriter Marcel Łoziński
Agora S.A. TBA Group, Arkana Studio
Letters whose addresses are impossible to find end up at the
Undeliverable Letters Department of the Post Office in Koluszki.
There are around a million of them in Poland each year, among them
those addressed to God.
“Not just about Movies” Program
Searching for Keto and Kote, Georgia, 2010, 65 min.
Director Davit Gudzhabidze, scriptwriter Aka Morchiladze
Independent film project
The film is dedicated to the 60th anniversary film "Keto and Kote"
The Sign of Destiny, Belarus, 2011, 52 min.
Director & scriptwriter Sergei Katyer
Belteleradiocompany
A film about a talented Belarusian filmmaker Mikhail Ptashuk.
