Askold Kurov

Russia

Askold Kurov

producer, director

Of Caravan and the Dogs

Of Caravan and the Dogs

Shot during one decisive year, before and after the invasion in Ukraine, the film portrays the last defenders of democracy in Russia and shows their difficult moral choices in a desperate attempt to stop the war.
The Trial - The State of Russia vs. Oleg Sentsov

The Trial - The State of Russia vs. Oleg Sentsov

A documentary about Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov, arrested by the Russian FSB in Crimea and sentenced to 20 years in prison on contrived charges.
Children 404

Children 404

In 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin passed a bill forbidding the “promotion of nontraditional sexual relations to minors.” LGBT youth, now defenseless against insults and intimidation under this “gay propaganda”…
Leninland

Leninland

In the USSR, the cult of Lenin had replaced the Orthodox religion that Communists wanted to eliminate. At the end of Soviet era, in the village Gorky, 20 kilometers from Moscow, the last and the most ambitious Museum of…
Winter Go Away

Winter Go Away

“Winter Go Away” was filmed by the graduates of Marina Razbezhkina and Mikhail Ugarov’s Documentary Filmmaking and Theater School, on the initiative of Novaya Gazeta, an independent Russian newspaper. Ten young…
September 25

September 25

To return to the starting point, it takes only a few stations on the train. The worst childhood memories would show up if you cross the line. The main character of the film, 20-year-old Dima, who grew up in an orphanage…
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