Putin had been preparing his country for the big war long before it started. Since 2012, a series of repressive laws were passed, labelling everyone who publicly disagreed with the official narrative as „foreign agent“. In these circumstances, a group of independent Russian media and activists are trying to resist and continue their work. Right after the invasion their work becomes virtually impossible. Shot during one decisive year, before and after the invasion, the new film by fearless filmmaker Askold Kurov (The Trial - The State of Russia vs. Oleg Sentsov) portrays the last defenders of democracy in Russia and gives a glimpse of hope for another future.
Askold Kurov
Director, Writer
Anonymous
Director, Writer
Dmitry Muratov
self
Kirill Martynov
self
Vladimir Putin
self (archive footage)
Yan Rachinsky
self
The Class of ‘9271%
Directed by John Ford70%
Public Speaking70%
180° South72%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
McQueen74%
My Mom Jayne80%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
Voyeur59%
Night Will Fall76%
The Cheshire Murders65%
Room 23761%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
Maternal Instinct71%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
Tabloid64%
Cuadecuc, vampir61%
