Russia
Robinsons of Mantsinsaari
Germany / Finland / Poland | 2008 | 57minThe film tells the story of two elderly men who are the last and sole residents of a now-Russian-controlled island on Lake Ladoga – and who don’t speak to each other. Read More
Anna, Seven Years on the Frontline
The Netherlands | 2008 | 78minThis is Anna Politkovskaya’s life story, told in documentary scenes and in the words of friends and colleagues. Read More
Wild, Wild Beach
Russia / Germany | 2006 | 85/125min“…A brave, unflinching and willingly unpopular and unsavory film showing the most brutal face, and the muscle, of Putin-era Russia, cavorting on a summer beach. …” VPRO Joris Ivens jury, IDFA 2006 Read More
Prirechnyy - The Town That No Longer Exists
Norway | 2006 | 52minThe inhabitants of the Russian town of Prirechnyy have received a letter from the county of Murmansk telling them that their town no longer exists. A handful of retired persons refuse to leave their community. Read More
Harbours - Gateways to the World New York. Shanghai. Hamburg. Dubai. Vladivostok
Germany | 2005-2006 | 5x52/5x30minA five-part series on itchy feet and untold dreams, high-tech cranes and homesick nights, tedium and sailor's brides. Read More
Gagarin’s Pioneers
Germany / Russia | 2005 | 100minYoung pioneers betrayed their fatherland at the age of 10, fleeing with their parents from the Soviet Union to Israel - or they changed their names, wiped away the traces of their Jewish family history and stayed. Read More