MOTHERLAND

Pedro Speroni / 73’ / 2023 / Argentina

Direction: Alexander Mihalkovich, Hanna
Badziaka
Production: Sisyfos Film Production
Script: Alexander Mihalkovich, Hanna Badziaka
Editing: Katiia Vushnya
Cinematography: Siarhiej Kanaplianik
Sound: Yngve Sætre, Thomas Angell Endresen

As young Nikita apprehensively enters his militaryconscription, Svetlana travels the country looking for justice for her son, murdered while in military training. It is 2020, and activists rage in the street against state-led violence rooted in “dedovshchina”, the cruel abuse that supposedly turns boys into soldiers but is
instead the very mechanism of fear and violence the government uses to control its populace.

ALEXANDER MIHALKOVICH is Belarusian-Ukrainian director and producer. He graduated with a PhD in Library Science and an MA in Film Directing at Doc- Nomads international study program. After creating several short documentary and experimental films, he made his debut feature film My Granny from Mars.

HANNA BADZIAKA received her master’s degree in Philology from the Belarusian State University. She began her career as a video journalist for independent digital media outlets and worked for the only independent television channel in Belarus before pursuing an interest in documentary film.

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