Handbook

TITLE

Handbook

DIRECTOR

Pavel Mozhar

COUNTRY

Germany, Belarus

YEAR

2021

DURATION

26′

GENRE

Short Documentary

Overview

Handbook

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.

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY​ - Pavel Mozhar

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.

Credits

Specifications

Pavel Mozhar

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.

SELECTIONS & AWARDS

Group 1579

IDFA, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

Best Short Documentary, 2021

Group 1579

Tirana International Film Festival

Best Short Documentary, 2022

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