Kirill Sakharnov

5 Minutes of Freedom

Kseniya Sakharnova, Kirill Sakharnov

Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Pavel Litvinov

On August 25, 1968, 7 people gathered in Lobnya Square in Moscow protesting against the entry of troops of the Warsaw Pact countries into Czechoslovakia. For 5 minutes of freedom in the main square of the Soviet Union, they paid years of prisons, links and camps. The authors of the film meet three participants of the legendary "demonstration of seven" and show young fighters for human rights in modern Russia. Who are they - the dissenters of our time - and what are they willing to sacrifice for the sake of living in a democratic society?

Олина любовь

Kirill Sakharnov

A cinema verite peek at expose of the rising homophobic climate inside Russia as seen through the eyes of two young Russian lesbian activists, Olya and her girlfriend Galiya, who struggle to balance their passion for LGBTQ rights with their personal dream of having a baby together. Russian filmmaker Kirill Sakharnov’s documentary is a current look inside the Russian queer community.

Наталья Горбаневская: "Я не героиня"

Kseniya Sakharnova, Kirill Sakharnov

Natalya Gorbanevskaya

The poet Natalya Gorbanevskaya (1936-2013) gained wide popularity first of all as a participant in the dissident movement and one of those legendary eight who on August 25, 1968 went to the Red Square to protest against the invasion of Soviet troops in Czechoslovakia, having paid for this several years of imprisonment. She was often called the heroine. She objected: "I'm not a heroine, I'm just an ordinary person." The authors of the film shot Gorbanevskaya for several years, asking questions that worried her as a poet, forced them to go to the square, and how her fate developed after forced emigration from the USSR.

Сталин. Почему бы и нет?

Kseniya Sakharnova, Kirill Sakharnov

В 2009 году во время реконструкции станции метро «Курская» на стены ее вестибюля были возвращены строки из гимна СССР 1943 года. Авторы фильма решили узнать, что думают об этом простые москвичи и каково сегодня отношение россиян к фигуре «вождя народов».