Last Monday we commemorated 25th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in Czech Republic, thus we would like to invite all of you to join the film “5 minutes of freedom”, on upcoming Monday (24.11.2014).The movie is going to be presented in K04 in Bungehuis at 17.00. After the film, a discussion will be held with the director Kirill Sakharov and Vlad Ketkovich – the film producer. Both are coming to Amsterdam where their new released film – Olya’s Love will be shown at IDFA. Traditionally if discussion lengthens we will continue in cafe Schuim or any other nearby’s place with a glass of tasty biertje of a cup of tea. 5 Minutes of Freedom Kirill Sakharnov, Ksenia Sakharnova, Russia, 2012, color / black and white, HDcam, 86 Spoken languages: Russian Subtitling: English On August 25, 1968, a group of seven people (Larisa Bogoraz, Konstantin Babitsky, Vadim Delaunay, Vladimir Dremliuga, Pavel Litvinov, Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Viktor Fainberg, and Tatiana Baeva) gathered on Red Square in Moscow to protest the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops. Five minutes of freedom at the main Soviet Square cost these protesters years in camps, exile and prison. In the film we meet the surviving protagonists of that protest and show the new generation of fighters for democratic rights in present-day Russia. The camera follows young activists of the opposition movement, helping us to find the answer to the question: who are the dissidents of the new era? And what sacrifices are they willing to make in order to live in a democratic society? What is the price of freedom in Russia today? The film was part of the NLRF 2013 programme. It was shown by IDFA and the Movies that Matter Festival, which organised an exchange programme with the Russian Stalker Festival in Moscow. vimeo/38873155
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:41:13 +0000
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