Overview of articles
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My Little Nighttime Secret
Fourteen-year-old Mira spends the night away from her family, but holds a terrible secret inside.Published on: -
Medea
A contemporary version of Euripides’s myth – this seemingly calm, yet explosive Russian Medea takes revenge when her man leaves her.Published on: -
The Execution
Stylish, yet macabre neo-noir thriller. A detective finally manages to catch the ‘Russian Hannibal Lecter’. Or so he thought.Published on: -
What Beat You Nothing
An essay on Soviet and Russian history in the guise of a portrait of actress Alla Demidova, icon of the Russian-language stage and screen.Published on: -
UNEARTH – In Between States of Matter
Resource extraction, mining machines and material transformations, with conversations recorded in the Russian Ural region.Published on: -
Dear Comrades!
A workers’ strike is violently put down by Soviet troops in this current, urgent historical drama by master director Konchalovsky.Published on: -
Scarecrow
Raw drama from Sakha about an ostracised woman who pays a heavy toll for her healing talents.Published on: -
All Other Things Equal
Can we find a different feminism in the images of state-sponsored Soviet documentaries about women and their role in socialism? Yes.Published on: -
The North Wind
The matriarchal Margarita struggles to keep the power over her family’s future after her son is hit by a tragedy.Published on: -
What Beat You Nothing
Available on Festival Scope Pro from 26 January 9:00 CET to 14 February 9:00 CETPublished on: