Events that occur in the country and change the society are often going on so close that they turn into a personal experience. Is it possible to make a personal film on political issue?
During the workshop, the director will present extracts from his work-in-progress project about Oleh Sentsov.
Askold Kurov (Russia), director
Graduated from Marina Razbezhkina and Mikhail Ugarov School of Documentary Film and Theater.
Filmography and festival screenings:
September 25th, 30’, 2010 – DOK Leipzig, Artdocfest
Winter, Go Away! (member of directors’ group), 78’, 2012 – Locarno, IDFA, Hot Docs, Viennale, DOK Leipzig.
Leninland, 52’, 2013 – Seattle IFF, Verzio.
Children 404 (in cooperation with Pavel Lopariov), 76’, 2014 – Hot Docs, Milano FF, CPH:DOX, Open City Docs.