28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

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Putin's Witnesses
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Putin's Witnesses
Putin's Witnesses
Putin's Witnesses
Putin's Witnesses
Putin's Witnesses

Putin's Witnesses

director: Vitaly Mansky
original title: Svideteli Putina
country: Latvia, Switzerland, Czech Republic
year: 2018
running time: 102 min.

synopsis

Vitaly Mansky revisits footage which he shot in late 1999 in close proximity to Vladimir Putin, when he first entered office as President of Russia. Mansky's commentary reflects on the epoch and Putin's actions and behavior, contrasting these with subsequent events. 

biography

Vitaly Mansky (1963) is a native of Lviv. A graduate of VGIK, he has worked in documentary film since the late 1980s. Ji.hlava previously screened his film Broadway. Black Sea (2002). His documentary Pipeline (2012) won an award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

more about film

director: Vitaly Mansky
producer: Gabriela Bussmann, Filip Remunda, Natalia Manskaya
editing: Gunta Ikere
sound: Anrijs Krenbergs
skladatel: Karlis Auzans
Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Creative Europe Media
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms