FILM & PROTEST: COURAGE

In the organizer's words:

BRD 2021, documentary film, 90 min

Director: Aliaksei Paluyan

Language: OmU (Belarusian with German subtitles)

During the presidential elections in Belarus in the summer of 2020, three actors from the Belarus Free Theater in Minsk are caught up in the maelstrom of mass protests. They take to the streets to demonstrate loudly for freedom of expression and the long-awaited change of power. But their peaceful protest is brutally crushed by the Lukashenko regime's security apparatus. Members of the theater group and many other people are arrested. In personal insights, they deal with the question of how much they are willing and able to risk with their critical art and cultural work.

Afterwards, we welcome the director Aliaksei Paluyan for a discussion.

ENG: During the presidential elections in Belarus in the summer of 2020, three actors from the Belarus Free Theater in Minsk found themselves caught up in the mass protests. But their peaceful protest is brutally suppressed by the Lukashenko regime. Members of the theater group and many other people are arrested. They have to confront themselves with the question of how much they want and can risk for their critical art and courageous cultural work. (Belarusian with English subtitles)
There will be a Q&A with director Aliaksei Paluyan after the film.

Price information:

- 7.00 € (regular) - 5.50 € (reduced*) - 3.50 € (with Leipzig Pass, disabled pass, volunteer pass) - Films longer than 130 min: + 1.00 € - Tickets are available online (plus € 0.70 booking fee), remaining tickets at the Box Office.