Synopsis
The story is about Perestroika generation which was born in the last decade of Soviet era in Estonia and currently represents the Russian-speaking minority in European Union. Back in 1994, Aljona Surzhikova kept a collective diary – a Friends’ Book. That history repeats itself today in Facebook, the manifestation of contemporary online culture. All those people from the old-school analog Friends’ Book are now on Facebook. Between these portraits we see a memory of 1994: the situation in Estonia, departing Soviet tanks, the two Presidents Lennart Meri and Boris Yeltsin drinking champagne, and the tragedy of passenger ferry “Estonia”. The Friends’ Book reminds us of the music of the nineties and brings us back VHS stylistics.
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12. 4. 2021
Watch East Silver documentaries at the Visions du Réel Film Market
Five titles from the East Silver catalogue are part of the Visions du Réel Film Market, available to the accredited film professionals from April 14 until the end of the festival on April 25 and then for three more months.
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25. 11. 2020
East Silver Caravan at festivals
East Silver Caravan titles Kiruna - A Brand New World, When the Persimmons Grew, Pripyat Piano, Boundaries, #sandrainuganda, How Big is the Galaxy?, Wolves at the Borders (among others) are screened at the festivals. Find out more...
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26. 10. 2020
East Silver Caravan at IDFA Docs for Sale
Do not miss East Silver Caravan titles at IDFA Docs for Sale, including How I Became a Partisan by Vera Lacková, Running on Empty by Lisa Weber, Reconstruction of Occupation by Jan Šikl and Soviet Friendsbook by Aljona Surzhikova.
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