Handbuch
After the presidential election in Belarus in August 2020, numerous protests erupt throughout the country. The special police take brutal action against demonstrators. Almost 7000 people are arrested. Hundreds of victims recount their experiences in interviews, revealing a system of repression, which is reconstructed in the director’s room in Berlin.
Director Biography
Born in 1987 in Minsk and based in Berlin. Mozhar has a Bachelor in Philosophy & Economics (University of Bayreuth, 2012). After graduating he had various film industry internships and jobs. In 2015 he started his Master in Directing at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, majoring in documentary forms.
Alternative title
Handbook
Director
Pavel Mozhar
Country
Germany, Belarus
Language
German, Russian
Subtitles
English
Year
2021
Duration
26
Re-Play
Friday, 10 June 12:30 - 14:00 / Kijkhuis 2
90 min.
Sunday, 12 June 14:45 - 16:30 / Kijkhuis 2
105 min.
Also in this session
1. Rehearsal
Michael Omonua, 14
2. In Flow of Words
Eliane Esther Bots, 22
3. Serratus
Maarten Groen, 3
4. Tussen glazen en muren
Razan Hassan, 15
5. Handbuch
Pavel Mozhar, 26