Handbook

Belarus Germany
2021
Documentary
29 min.

Handbuch

 

Director | Pavel Mozhar
Script | Pavel Mozhar
Directors of photography | Adam Graf, Jonas Römmig
Editing | Florian Seufert, Pavel Mozhar
Animator | Laura Därr
Sound designer | Ganna Gryniva
Producer | Kolja Volkmar

 

After the presidential election in Belarus in August 2020, numerous protests erupt throughout the country. The special police take brutal action against demonstrators. Almost 7000 people are arrested. Hundreds of victims recount their experiences in interviews, revealing a system of repression, which is reconstructed in the director’s room in Berlin.

 

About the director:

Born in 1987 in Minsk and based in Berlin. Mozhar has a Bachelor in Philosophy & Economics (University of Bayreuth, 2012). After graduating he had various film industry internships and jobs. In 2015 he started his Master in Directing at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, majoring in documentary forms.