Venezia Film Festival Premiere
The documentary premiered to a completely silent audience, exposing the harsh reality of systemic oppression through smuggled testimonies.
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VENEZIA FILM FESTIVAL 2026 • OFFICIAL SELECTION
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Listy is a portrait of contemporary Belarus told through stories of individuals who have endured imprisonment, repression, and exile – voices silenced by an autocratic regime.
A portrait of contemporary Belarus told through stories of individuals who have endured imprisonment, repression, and exile – voices silenced by an autocratic regime.
Combining observational footage, archival and found materials, testimonies, and animation based on drawings created in confinement.
Directed by Andrei Kutsila. Co-produced by DocEdu Foundation, Moonmakers, and inselfilm produktion with international broadcast backing.
Over 65,000 politically motivated arrests since 2020. Transforming private correspondence into a cinematic space of intimacy, dignity, and resistance.
Belarusian documentary filmmaker based in Poland. Forced to leave Belarus after the 2020 protests. Recipient of IDFA Award for Best Mid-Length Documentary.
The documentary premiered to a completely silent audience, exposing the harsh reality of systemic oppression through smuggled testimonies.
READ _The documentary premiered to a completely silent audience, exposing the harsh reality of systemic oppression through smuggled testimonies.
READ _The documentary premiered to a completely silent audience, exposing the harsh reality of systemic oppression through smuggled testimonies.
READ _