NEW DOCUMENTARIES AT THE 2018 ASN WORLD CONVENTION DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL FILM 1 THURSDAY MAY 3 2:00 - 3:30 PM (LUNCH) ROOM 1201 14 Cases ESTONIA, 2017 | 83 min. | In Russian and Estonian with English subtitles Directed by SHOWN AS A SNEAK PREVIEW (NOT ON THE WEBSITE) “I wanted to show people who do Marianna Kaat 14 CASES follows kids belonging to the third generation of their best to give their children a future in Estonia” Contact: Russian-speakers in Estonia, aware of not being fully integrated — Marianna Kaat Evgeniya Chulkova in society. For nearly four years the film crew followed several Antipode Russian-speaking families in a decision-making period. All of festivals@antipode- sales.biz them were facing a difficult question – to determine their own future and that of their children. For the parents of five-year- olds – the choice of a kindergarten, either Estonian or Russian. For the family whose 12-year old son suddenly decides to change to an Estonian school – how this will impact his identity. For high-school graduates, whether to stay or to leave Estonia. FILM 2 ALSO THURSDAY MAY 3 SATURDAY MAY 5 2:00 - 3:30 PM (LUNCH) 12:00 - 1:30 PM (LUNCH) ROOM 1219 ROOM 1201 The Red Soul NETHERLANDS, 2017 | 90 min. | In Russian with English subtitles Directed by More than 50 years after the death of Stalin, Russia is still divided. Jessica Gorter’s previous film, Jessica Gorter Was Stalin a great leader who made Russia into a superpower? Or 900 Days: Myth and Reality of the Leningrad Blockade, was shown at Contact: was he a ruthless dictator, responsible for the deaths of millions ASN 2013. Livia Bloom Ingram of innocent people? Virtually no family has been left untouched Icarus Films by the consequences of Stalin’s regime, and in every corner of the “A sensitive and expert outsider’s [email protected] country, victims’ families are struggling with history. Throughout eye on the complex Russian psyche.” society, Stalin’s popularity is growing, and there is a yearning for a — Hollywood Reporter sense of national unity. The Red Soul shows how the past lives on in present-day Russia, and thus makes its mark on the future. FILM 3 ALSO FRIDAY MAY 4 SATURDAY MAY 5 2:50 - 4:50 PM 1:30 - 3:30 PM ROOM 1219 ROOM 1201 Golden Dawn Girls NORWAY/DENMARK/FINLAND, 2017 | 97 min. | In Greek with English subtitles Directed by In recent years, Greece’s image as a country of sunny beaches and “A grimly compelling study of the rapid rise of neo-Nazism in Greece.” Håvard Bustnes friendly people has been overshadowed by political ideologies that – Variety Contact: are terrifyingly close to Nazism. With many prominent members Christian Falch of the far-right Golden Dawn party now behind bars, a daughter, a “Women have been written out Upnorth Film wife and a mother continue to propagate its message—and all three [email protected] of history for their shocking of them are seasoned enough to avoid any slips of the tongue during contributions, as well as for their interviews. But while they regularly stop the interview to make positive roles.” –Open Democracy sure it went as they want, filmmaker Håvard Bustnes just leaves the camera running and reveals an ever-widening gulf between clear facts and political image-making. FILM 4 THURSDAY MAY 3 6:00 - 8:00 PM ROOM 1219 Intent to Destroy US, 2017 | 114 min. | English language Directed by The 1915 Armenian genocide during the Young Turks regime is still Joe Berlinger was nominated for Joe Berlinger not part of the history curriculum in most countries today. Using an Academy Award in 2012 for Terry George’s 2016 historical romance The Promise as a leitmotif, his documentary Paradise Lost 3: Contact: Purgatory. Cailin McFadden Oscar-nominated director Joe Berlinger takes a deeper look into Cargo Releasing these historical events. This includes on-set filming, as well as “The film’s balance of emotion and cailin.cargoreleasing@ gmail.com interviews with scholars and filmmakers, as well as archive footage composure helps make its stories of victims’ descendants. Intent to Destroy covers the build-up, the even stronger.” – New York Times shocking murders themselves and then their denial. Historians with diametrically opposing views are given an opportunity to speak. “Berlinger interviews several academics and politicians, and this What really happened? And who would be interested in rewriting material is cumulatively stunning.” this history? – Film Journal FILM 5 ALSO THURSDAY MAY 3 SATURDAY MAY 5 6:00 - 8:00 PM 1:30 - 3:30 PM ROOM 1201 ROOM 1219 The Other Side of Everything SERBIA/FRANCE/QATAR, 2017 | 100 min. | In Serbian with English subtitles Directed by A Belgrade apartment divided in two tells the story of a family Best Feature-Length Documentary, Mila Turajlic and serves as a symbol of a country in political turmoil. The International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 2017. Contact: property was split when Srbijanka Turajlic was just two years Livia Bloom Ingram old. The door leading to the other rooms was locked, and 30 Mila Turajlic’s previous film, Cinema Icarus Films years later, when Srbijanka’s daughter Mila Turajlic, the film’s Komunisto, was shown at ASN 2012. [email protected] director, was born, it was still locked. Mila paints a poignant “A thoughtful reflection on the portrait of her mother, a resolute woman with no doubts about still-unresolved legacy of civil war in leading role in the revolution, even though they put her life in Serbia” – Variety danger. Does the new generation view things in a similar way? “A voice from yesterday which inspiringly refuses to be silenced” – Hollywood Reporter FILM 6 FRIDAY MAY 4 11:20 AM - 1:20 PM ROOM 1219 Searching for Andreas Political Leadership in Times of Crisis GREECE, 2018 | 95 min. | In Greek and English with English subtitles Directed by SHOWN AS A SNEAK PREVIEW (NOT ON THE WEBSITE) Harris Mylonas, a Member of the ASN Board of Directors, is Associate Harris Mylonas The film is an independent production about the pitfalls of Professor and Associate Dean Contact: charismatic leadership and the limits of democratic politics for Research at the Elliott School Harris Mylonas under economic globalization, which are manifesting themselves of International Affairs, George harris.mylonas@ across the world, from Italy to Argentina. Charismatic leaders Washington University. gmail.com build personalistic parties and undermine political institutions, while their succession is fraught with difficulties. Searching for Andreas explores peoples’ reliance on such leaders. In particular, it examines the life and legacy of one of Europe’s most controversial leaders, Andreas G. Papandreou, who was Prime Minister of Greece three times, and for eleven years, between 1981 and 1996. Was he a socialist reformer or a populist manipulator? FILM 7 FRIDAY MAY 4 11:20 AM - 1:20 PM ROOM 1201 Victory Day GERMANY, 2017 | 94 min. | In Russian, German and English with English subtitles Directed by SHOWN AS A SNEAK PREVIEW (NOT ON THE WEBSITE) Sergei Loznitsa’s last three films Sergei Loznitsa The Soviet Memorial in Treptower Park is among the most – Maidan (2015), The Event (2016) and Austerlitz (2017) – were shown Contact: impressive of the monuments commemorating the Second at ASN. Valeria Losniza World War in Berlin. Each year on May 9th, the day of the Red Imperativ Film Army’s victory over the Nazis, the memorial becomes the setting “Loznitsa is making subtle [email protected] for a vast gathering. This film documents the proceedings from commentary not on what is being early morning to the evening. The camera is always in the thick commemorated, but in how we of the action, both inspired and propelled by an atmosphere commemorate, and why” –Variety that is a mixture of pride and reflection, patriotism and a “Loznitsa (...) explore our endlessly desire for recognition, shame and typical Berlin curiosity. The strange, contradictory behavior at memorial reveals its power as a cinematographic magnet. sites of memory,” – Berlin Film Journal FILM 8 FRIDAY MAY 4 1:20 - 2:50 PM (LUNCH) ROOM 1201 No Obvious Signs UKRAINE, 2017 | 64 min. | In Ukrainian and Russian with English subtitles Directed by SHOWN AS A SNEAK PREVIEW (NOT ON THE WEBSITE) Best Documentary Award (Rights), 2018 International Human Rights Alina Gorlova What is left backstage from the heroic videos of soldiers who are Documentary Film Festival Docudays, Contact: fighting in Donbas? What do they have to face, one on one, in Kyïv, Ukraine. Maria Berlinska peacetime, and where does the war stop? This is the story of a Tabor Production woman who returns from war. Talking to psychologists, battling [email protected] her post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) and panic attacks, she tries hard to get back to normal life. The documentary shows her path from the beginning of her rehabilitation until she goes back to work. FILM 9 FRIDAY MAY 4 1:20 - 2:50 PM (LUNCH) ROOM 1302 See You in Chechnya GERMANY/GEORGIA/ESTONIA/FRANCE, 2016 | 68 min. | In English, Russian, Georgian, French and Italian with English subtitles Directed by In 1999, a young student of fine arts in Tbilisi falls in love with Alexander Kvatashidze a French war photographer and decides to follow her to the Contact: front in Chechnya. Like most Georgians, this young student Evgeniya Chulkova gets his information on the brutal war in the neighboring Antipode country through the Russian media. Parachuted into the middle festivals@antipode- sales.biz of the fighting, he joins a group of reporters risking their lives to cover the brutal conflict. Ten years later, he wants to know how this experience affected their lives.