September 5

18:00

My Friend Sasha: A very Russian Murder

Followed by the meeting with Andrei Nekrasov

50’, colour, Russia, 2007

In November 2006, former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko died in a London hospital, the world’s first known target of radioactive terrorism. This unflinching documentary is a memorial to a courageous critic of Russia’s corrupt and authoritarian regime. Andrei Nekrasov offers a deeply personal portrait of Litvinenko put into the context of morbid social conditions of contemporary Russia infested with political persecution, muzzling of journalists and murder. Nekrasov’s film is a sizzling indictment of the Russian regime and, in particular, of Vladimir Putin.

The Russian renegade comes across as no conspiracy theorist, nor even an enemy of patriotism, but a decent man spurred to defiance by the culture of corruption in which he found himself. (Daily Telegraph)

Director Andrei Nekrasov

Produced by Dreamscanner Productions

Distributed by Dreamscanner Productions

20:30

My Friend Sasha: A very Russian Murder

50’, colour, Russia, 2007

In November 2006, former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko died in a London hospital, the world’s first known target of radioactive terrorism. This unflinching documentary is a memorial to a courageous critic of Russia’s corrupt and authoritarian regime. Andrei Nekrasov offers a deeply personal portrait of Litvinenko put into the context of morbid social conditions of contemporary Russia infested with political persecution, muzzling of journalists and murder. Nekrasov’s film is a sizzling indictment of the Russian regime and, in particular, of Vladimir Putin.

The Russian renegade comes across as no conspiracy theorist, nor even an enemy of patriotism, but a decent man spurred to defiance by the culture of corruption in which he found himself. (Daily Telegraph)

Director Andrei Nekrasov

Produced by Dreamscanner Productions

Distributed by Dreamscanner Productions

Homeland

64’, colour, Juris Podnieks Studio, Latvia, 1990

The film is a testimony to the fight for political self-determination by the people of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia during 50 years of Soviet occupation. It combines the traditional Song Festival in these republics with personal stories describing the fate of people in the Baltic countries.

A sequel to the film Postscript features the tragic events in Vilnius un Riga in January 1991, when two cameramen – Andris Slapiņš and Gvido Zvaigzne were killed during the shooting by the Soviet troops.

Director Juris Podnieks

Produced by Juris Podnieks Studio

Distributed by Juris Podnieks Studio