No Nation Without Culture

Bez Kulturi Net Nazii

Vladlena Sandu

“While shooting my feature documentary film, Memory, in April of 2021 in Grozny, Chechnya (the birthplace of my mother and where I grew up), I felt the influence of the gigantic portraits of Putin, Kadyrov Senior and Kadyrov Junior all over the city. They observed me from everywhere. In parallel to the production of the film, we set out to capture the feeling of totalitarianism that these portraits conveyed. We got up at 4 in the morning and shot through the window of a car because such actions put us under threat of persecution. We understood that we were documenting the time of the birth of fascism in Russia.” Vladlena Sandu

Sessions

11 Oct — 21:45 / 92’
Cinema São Jorge Sala M. Oliveira

From the Earth to the Moon

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No Nation Without Culture

Vladlena Sandu

The Ordeal

Zuzana Piussi
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15 Oct — 22:15 / 92’
Culturgest Pequeno Auditório

From the Earth to the Moon

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No Nation Without Culture

Vladlena Sandu

The Ordeal

Zuzana Piussi