How does it feel to become an occupier without your own intentions? Using known as well as never published archival materials from the whole Europe and Russia we tell a family story of the director Anna Kryvenko about how the high politics destroys the lives of ordinary people. Only couple of years ago the director found a family secret of her grand-uncle who came to occupy Czechoslovakia in 1968 as a Soviet soldier. When searching for great-uncle's story the author touches upon themes like fragmentation of personal and national memory, inherited guilt, interpretation of history, media manipulation, today's relationship with Russia, but also attitude of Czechs and Slovaks towards foreigners - all very current topics.
fcb: facebook.com/MyUnknownSoldier
imdb: imdb.com/title/tt7710836/
booking: info@analog.vision
online:
- dafilms.com/film/10483-my-unknown-soldier-en-version
- aerovod.cz/katalog/muj-neznamy-vojin
Awards:
2019 - Special Mention - International Competition - ZagrebDOX, Croatia
2019 - The Special Prize of the Jury - International Competition - IDFF CRONOGRAF, Moldova
2019 - Special Mention - Prize of Andrej Stankovič, Czech Republic
Festivals 2019:
- Trieste IFF, Italy
- ZagrebDOX, Croatia
- Finale Pilsen FF, Czechia
- Kino na Hranici, Czechia/Poland
- Neisse IFF, Germany
- DOK.fest München
- Docs Against Gravity, Poland
- BelDocs, Serbia
- IDFF CRONOGRAF, Moldova
- Beyond Borders IDFF, Greece
- IHRFF Albania
- Astra IDFF, Romania
- Verzió IDFF, Hungary
- The Slovak and Central Europe Films Encounters in France
Festivals 2018:
- 4 Elements, Slovakia
- Divadelná Nitra, Slovakia
- One World, Slovakia
- Jihlava IDFF, Czechia
- DOK Leipzig, Germany
- Juniorfest, Czechia
